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How NC Legislators Can Help Workers Avoid More Inflation Pain
Low-income households shouldn't be penalized twice by inflation. Here's how to fix it.
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The Danger of Unions – Will a Strike Derail Christmas?
The effort to avoid a potentially costly and economically damaging rail strike is apparently collapsing, as the Biden administration’s proposed deals with unions has apparently derailed. This may result in…
Research Brief
Energy
When Is ‘China Carbon Time’ for Your State?
The U.S. is leading the world in cutting CO2 emissions even as China keeps increasing theirs, but environmental activists, politicians, and renewable energy producers are pushing the states to adopt…
Liberty
Europe’s Energy Crisis a Sign of Things to Come in the US and North Carolina?
As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to drag on, Europe’s energy crisis is beginning to deepen. The reliance on unreliable green energy at the expense of energy independence…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Household Debt Increases by Largest Amount Since 2007
Household debt rose again in the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Americans are not easing their spending, even as inflation…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
The Civitas Partisan Index Proved Highly Reliable in 2022
The Civitas Partisan Index (CPI) is a measure of the partisan tendencies of North Carolina legislative districts. The CPI proved to have solid predictive data in 2022. Several factors, most…
Liberty
Is Buying a Home a Dying Dream? How Inflation and the Housing Market
Buying a home is an essential part of the American dream, but is that beginning to die as inflation rises the prices of homes into the six-figures? This affordability crisis…
Elections & Public Integrity
A Decade of Voter Registration Changes in North Carolina
Democratic registrations in North Carolina have declined by 372,428 over the past decade. On the other hand, Republican registrations have risen by a modest 174,172 over the same period.
Education
On This Day in NC | Nov. 28 – Dec. 2
November 28, 1814 | Johnston Blakely was promoted to captain for his naval conquests during the War of 1812. According to the North Carolina History Project, “Blakely never enjoyed the fame that he for so…
Energy
Biden Takes George III’s Imperial Approach to Regulation
Along with being one of the greatest documents for human liberty ever created, the Declaration of Independence provided an extensive list of how King George III had abused and usurped…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
The Left Would Dismantle the American System in the Name of “Democracy”
Political leaders and the media have been warning of a “threat to democracy” for months. While their rhetoric claims support for a pure democracy, it’s important to remember that in…
Liberty
The 217th Anniversary of the First Vote in the American West
They were then faced with a question about where to locate their winter quarters, an important decision determining their access to food and shelter for the next several months.