The News & Observer didn't look far enough when it did a story a study that says new taxes and regulations meant to fight global warming will generate more than 300,000 jobs for the state.
In the case of higher-education prices, it’s important first to understand what the published data mean and don’t mean.
There’s no disputing the fact that many children today are troubled. Rising youth suicide rates and outbreaks of school-based violence have policymakers and parents on high alert. Acknowledging our juvenile mental health problem is easy indeed; reaching consensus on how and where to diagnose children’s emotional maladies is another matter entirely.
Is there any limit to the kind of corporate welfare Gov. Mike Easley is willing to pass out?
A response to a recent spate of letters accusing me of not being “conservative enough” because I oppose the use of sales taxes to pay for local services.
The dreaded "r" word — "recession" to economists — is being uttered more frequently today in the media. Some think we're already in a recession, some think we're about to go into a recession, while others think a recession is still unlikely. For the average non-economist, this is all a bit confusing and concerning. While most people might not know what the technical definition of a recession is, they do know one thing: It’s probably not good.
Does the future of capital punishment in North Carolina hinge on a semantic distinction?
A new century gave education bureaucrats another cliche (and a cartoon character) to help them avoid real debate about improving North Carolina’s schools.
North Carolina has the second-largest state-maintained highway system in the nation. To maintain the system, user-related funds such as motor fuel taxes and state motor vehicle license and registration fees are used to pay for roads. But all that might change soon.
The 2007 political season in North Carolina may be about half-over, but around the country there remain quite a few electoral match-ups getting significant attention.
This November 6th, all eyes will be trained on the Beehive state. Utah voters will head to the polls to express their views on Referendum 1, a statewide, universal education voucher program. If it succeeds, the program would be the first of its kind in the nation.
