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Looking ahead to 2017 goals for taxes, education, fiscal stability
Legislators have opportunities next year to build on successful reforms.
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How about a mulligan?
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Left misleads on Carolina Comeback
Pat McCrory cannot be responsible for the policy choices and economic performance that occurred during the administrations of Democratic governors Mike Easley and Bev Perdue.
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OK, that’s one reason
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Fayetteville’s bush-league stadium plan
Baseball is all the rage in Fayetteville, with the city close to signing a deal that would commit $35 million for a new baseball stadium in the hope of attracting a minor-league team to town. Unfortunately, there are many errors in the city’s logic and implementation, making the idea more a foul tip than a...
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Pay to play
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Teacher pay ideas get test
North Carolina's new pilot programs will help policymakers answer a key question: Is performance pay for teachers about incentivizing or identifying?
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Look! Shiny!
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Fort Dobbs linked N.C. to first ‘world war’
North Carolina has a tangible tie to the war that preceded America's bid for independence.
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Policies in 2017 should continue to focus on growth
The 2016 N.C. legislative session was short, but full of significant action: limiting the growth of government, cutting taxes, paying down debt, building savings, raising teacher pay by almost 5 percent, protecting property rights, and continuing the momentum toward economic growth that began in 2011. What’s ahead? More of the same, I hope. As we...
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