Employers in North Carolina and across the country are struggling to find qualified workers to fill key positions in their organizations. As they reconsider the minimum qualifications they are willing to accept, those screening candidates are increasingly setting aside the requirement of a four-year degree. Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday signed an executive order that...
Throughout the pandemic, schools have proven in study after study, across the world, to be among the lowest risk COVID-19 environments.
COVID-19 cases in North Carolina may actually be decreasing, even as media hysteria and local mask mandates rage on. Cases, based on the seven-day rolling average, says Jon Sanders, appear to be dropping, considering rates in North Carolina and neighboring states. Sanders is a senior fellow in regulatory studies and research editor at the John...
Gov. Roy Cooper is leading a nationwide effort in cooperation with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to encourage business leaders to publicly oppose states that pass election-reform laws. “We are asking the business leaders in our states, and throughout the country, to add their voices to the growing chorus of corporations standing on the right side...
Pretty soon, we will all be nicely segregated in our own tribes, our own clubs, neighborhoods, factions, and echo chambers. If we aren’t already.
Individuals, governors, and other lawmakers must get tough with this stupefied notion that people can’t disagree about nuanced differences about election integrity or legislation in general.
Jim Cain didn’t feel any sense of urgency when he noticed his daughter had texted him on the morning of March 22, 2016. Nor did her immediate follow-up phone call cause concern. The former U.S. ambassador to Denmark was talking to a friend while waiting at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He had scheduled an early flight...
The arrival of summer means vacation time for many, and airports stay busy. While we think of domestic airline service as being deregulated, the reality is that government decisions still play a role in where airlines fly. The most obvious case of government involvement comes in awarding international routes. While the U.S. Department of Transportation...
Even with deregulation, governments play key roles in determining airline services.
The changing economics of air travel will have an impact on smaller airports across North Carolina.
Local governments are far too willing to believe ridiculous hype and outsized promises from economic developers.
