One of the nation’s leading financial watchdogs says North Carolina has fared better than most states in terms of balancing its budget, but the picture isn’t all rosy as the state has an average debt burden of $1,400 per taxpayer. In its annual…
From flattening the curve to trending, tracking, and tracing. From PPE shortages, to months–long lockdowns and millions of unemployment claims. To stretching our constitutional rights to go along with months of fear, anxiety,…
The Great Recession technically began in late 2007 and ended in the summer of 2009. So here we are, at the close of 2015, having experienced a longer-than-average recovery from the last downturn.
John Hood on push for justice to recuse himself from redistricting; Vikram Rao on fracking research; Mike Walden on recession in N.C.; Jim Horne, Scott Saylor & legislators on possible sale of N.C. Railroad; Jeanette Doran on ruling against Durham vendor…
Roy Cordato on myths about outsourcing; the case for & against new election maps; John Turcotte on upcoming work of the Program Evaluation Division; Douglas Irwin & Lawrence White debate causes of Great Depression; George Leef on value of a college degree.
I wish I could say that the sunrise over Hibriten Mountain symbolizes the dawn of true economic recovery in North Carolina.
