Weeks after an announcement that it is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Durham-based Wolfspeed is laying off 73 workers from its new materials factory in Siler City.
States can take more steps to limit the negative impact of federal government overreach.
Excessive federal government ownership of land limits western states and western North Carolina.
RALEIGH — The upcoming presidential election offers candidates of both major parties a chance to stake out real plans for tackling more than $18 trillion in federal debt. The nonpartisan Concord Coalition wants to focus attention on the debt issue as campaign season heats up in the months ahead. The Coalition's Sara Imhof outlined problems linked to the federal debt during a presentation Monday for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
RALEIGH — The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and it trumps state constitutions and state laws. Does this mean the federal government can tell state governments what to do? John Dinan, professor of political science at Wake Forest University, addressed that question during a recent presentation for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. He also discussed the issue with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — Ever since the United States officially climbed out of the latest recession, uncertainty has remained about the economic future. People have asked what government should do to help give the economy a boost. Those who attended this year’s John W. Pope Lecture at North Carolina State University heard ideas from Michael Boskin, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of economics at Stanford University. Boskin shared some of his ideas with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH -- With the renewed interest in state sovereignty and federalism as alternatives to the current march toward centralization, Americans forget that states can abuse power, too.
Separating the decision to tax from the decision to spend is not a good policy response to past fiscal mismanagement. It will only guarantee future fiscal mismanagement.
Publicly held federal debt will rise from the equivalent of 41 percent of the nation’s economy in 2008 to 65 percent in 2010 and a staggering 82 percent by 2019.
A huge, bi-partisan majority in the U.S. Senate voted against President Bush's proposed transportation budget for next year. Unfortunately, they thought it too low.
There's less federal funding to dredge our coastal inlets, so some think Congress is "dropping the ball." Actually, the ball should never have been thrown towards Washington.
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