The bill will protect property rights from local restrictions while restricting few legitimate, desirable local regulations.
I once wrote a musical play with a character who spoke almost exclusively in words beginning with “a.” The practice was, in her own words, “awesome” and “awfully annoying.” Her appellation was Alpha. Actually, she was the first volume of an encyclopedia come to life. Most characters in the show, Turn the Page, were either...
The data shows that many students in NC are simply not prepared to compete in top STEM fields after graduation, let alone to read at grade level.
The North Carolina's high court majority critiqued state Revenue Department bureaucrats for their actions in a tax dispute with Philip Morris.
By repealing the franchise tax in 2025, state lawmakers can cement the legacy of the transformative tax reform of the past 12 years.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, student performance fell across much of the United States. According to a new study of 2022 math and reading scores, however, North Carolina students suffered one of the country’s biggest tumbles. For describing cross-state differences in educational outcomes, I’ve long relied on the Urban Institute’s analysis of data...
In 2026, expect NC to have one of the most intense, and expensive, US Senate races in history, especially if Cooper is the Democrat nominee.
Overall, North Carolina Republicans had good election results in 2024, but some of the biggest prizes, such as governor and attorney general, eluded them.
