Opinion
Why newcomers are choosing North Carolina
North Carolina is clearly doing something right in that environment, as evidenced by the National Taxpayer’s Union Foundation study.
News
Study: NC gains a new resident every 7 minutes
NC is the third most popular destination state in the country, behind Texas and Florida. South Carolina and Tennessee round out the top five.
Opinion
Residents flock to country’s freest cities
Charlotte and Raleigh certainly have their problems — as discussed regularly in, among other places, this very spot on the opinion page! But as someone who grew up near Charlotte and now lives near Raleigh, I will also say there’s still more going right than going wrong in our state’s two most-populous communities. Consider the...
Opinion
Cooper’s plan to block tax cuts would make NC less competitive
Governor Roy Cooper’s new proposed budget for fiscal years 2023-2025 is a tone-deaf proposal for North Carolina’s tax code. Instead of continuing with the tax decreases that were already signed into law in a previous budget, Cooper is proposing that we freeze the tax rate at the current 4.75%. Cooper’s reasoning is that further tax...
Opinion
Red states make Democrats blue
For decades, Democrats insisted NC was more successful than other Southern states because it was willing to “invest” in education and infrastructure.
Opinion
Our sky was never falling
A flock of progressive Chicken Littles spent the past decade warning that North Carolina’s legislature was ruining our economy and reputation by failing to “invest.”
Opinion
Tax policy shapes migration flows
Dozens of peer-reviewed academic studies have confirmed a relationship between migration and either overall tax burdens or certain tax rates.
Opinion
Don’t deter workers from moving
Today’s relative lack of interstate mobility is harmful. It is probably one reason why the recovery from the Great Recession has been anemic by historical standards.
Opinion
A Connecticut Yankee Comes to Court
For generations, the economic, cultural, and political life of North Carolina has been enriched by travelers and settlers from afar.
Opinion
No. 937: Trucking South for Elections
Some analysts who track population shifts believe the gradual relocation of Northerners to the South and West means good things politically for Republicans in those destination states. I’m not so sure.
