state legislature

NC state legislators can stop Washington’s insane spending

After the global “surprise” of a Covid pandemic, it is vital to prepare for events once thought unthinkable. Unchecked, America is headed for default. Economic experts now predict double-digit inflation before the end of the year. Massive trillion-dollar deficits are estimated to push the nation’s debt to a staggering $30 trillion at the same time....

Mead Treadwell, Chip DeMoss, Sven Larson

Opinion

A broken federal government reminds us there’s hope in state legislatures

For the average American, disconnect from the federal government remains exorbitant. It should be with lawmakers running up obscene amounts of debt on top of the nonstop partisan bickering. Yet, even now, all is not lost in representative government, thanks mostly due to the work of state legislatures. This is a point made particularly well...

Ray Nothstine

Podcast

Reforming N.C.’s Teacher Compensation System

Terry Stoops on teacher pay ideas from Gov. McCrory & Lt. Gov. Forest; Fred Barnes on N.C.'s Senate race; Dan Forest on teacher pay endowment; Jim Clarkson on impact of electric utility regulation on consumers; Rick Henderson on N.C.'s Supreme Court race

Terry Stoops

Opinion

When Yes is No, & No Yes

France is going to veto the latest American-British-Spanish resolution on Iraq. Or is it? What French strategy has in common with legislative strategy in the NC General Assembly.

John Hood

NC state legislators can stop Washington’s insane spending

A broken federal government reminds us there’s hope in state legislatures

Reforming N.C.’s Teacher Compensation System

When Yes is No, & No Yes

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