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Voter ID Ruling Vindicates Reforms
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder’s decision upholding the sensible election reforms enacted in 2013 may have sent liberal activists into hysterics, but more reasonable North Carolinians should applaud the care Schroeder employed in reviewing and sustaining the law. The judge’s 485-page opinion meticulously details the facts surrounding these contentious changes in election law. It...
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DPI Database Needs Scrutiny
The latest Department of Public Instruction computer system has been plagued with problems.
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Identity crisis
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Rejected?
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Road Policies Deserve Attention
North Carolina’s new “Strategy Mobility Formula” will have the effect of shifting scarce road dollars from projects that would have transported relatively few people to those that will transport lots of people.
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Campaign dispatch, April 26, 2016
• Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has produced the first ad for his re-election campaign, and it focuses on his leadership of the opposition to the Charlotte “bathroom” ordinance, which resulted in House Bill 2. • A fascinating op-ed column in the Los Angeles Times by law professors from William & Mary and the University of Virginia examine Attorney...
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North Carolina’s Dwindling Obamacare Options
The irony of Obamacare is that its health insurance exchanges are suffering from a problem that was supposed to be avoided – what health economists call adverse selection. When health insurance plans must cover people with pre-existing conditions and they are not allowed to charge premiums that reflect the risk of those conditions, then people...
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Truly flexible
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Budget Restraint Creates Options
North Carolina’s economy is growing robustly and North Carolina’s state government is growing modestly. That's how fiscal conservatism gives leaders more options.
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Fighting Over Airbnb
This week I attended a meeting of the City of Raleigh Planning Commission Text Change Committee. The issue at hand was an ordinance regulating “short-term residential lodging facilities,” which means Airbnb and similar sorts of private, short-term rentals, frequently used by vacationers and business travelers. These are technically not legal in Raleigh, though plenty of...
