Research Briefs & Updates
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Best Practices for Better Budgets
Since nonpartisan staff at the General Assembly presented a five-year projection of spending and taxes, editorials and comments from state legislators make it clear that… -
Telemedicine Working Faster Than The Government To Improve Health Care Access
This week, the Senate failed to get the 50 votes necessary to pass part one of the GOP’s three-pronged strategy to reform the U.S. health… -
A Banner Year for School Choice in North Carolina
Allow me to recommend a new state nickname for North Carolina: The School Choice State. The N.C. Division of Non-Public Education released private and home…
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An Outstanding Federal Judge Announces Her Retirement
Janice Rogers Brown—one of my favorite federal judges—will retire next month from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Damon Root… -
New Media + New Laws = New Problems, Continued
In this installment in my series dealing with problems arising out of the interplay between the new social media and the law, I want to… -
Making Medicaid Great Again?
Next week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to hold a full vote on his chamber’s revised health reform bill, the Better Care…
Upcoming Events
July 31, 2017, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
Mitch Prinstein: John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The word “popularity” has the power to transport us back to our teenage years, but those same dynamics still affect our lives today. We still encounter most and least popular people in every office, every community group, and every neighborhood. …
