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100+ Lawsuits Already Filed Nationwide Over 2022 Midterm Elections
There have been 100+ lawsuits filed nationwide already challenging voter regulations and the possible results of the 2022 midterm elections. It’s a sign that all the claims of so-called voter…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina Receives Good Fiscal Health Grade
The nonprofit watchdog Truth in Accounting (TIA) released its 13th annual Financial State of the States this week. The report found that in fiscal year 2021, 31 states did not have the money to…
Elections & Public Integrity
Did a Group in New Bern Violate North Carolina Election Law?
While visiting New Bern recently, I heard that a group was offering food and drinks at an early voting site nearby. The person believed the group was specifically targeting voters…
Liberty
How Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase Is a Teachable Moment for Free Speech
Earlier this year, the censor-happy Left were growing increasingly alarmed that Elon Musk would buy Twitter and restore its former free-speech policy. What if, the fear was, Twitter could no…
Research Brief
Energy
There’s Nothing “Market-Driven” About Cooper’s Trucking Order
Market decisions are voluntary and based in buyers and sellers exchanging their own property at prices they mutually agree upon — that is basic economics. Using executive orders, taxpayer money,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Consumer Spending Slows Even as GDP Reverses Six-Month Trend
After two consecutive quarters of negative growth, the U.S. economy saw gains in the third quarter. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6% in Q3, according to the advance…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
A Supreme Court Justice Seeks to Legalize — Then Require — Racial Discrimination
Contrary to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's contention, the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act protect the voting rights of people of all races. People of all races can be…
Liberty
Gov. Cooper and NAACP Politicize Memorial Event for Shooting Victims
The fiancé of a victim of a recent mass shooting claims Gov. Roy Cooper and the NAACP made the city-sponsored memorial event needlessly political. In a WRAL report, Rob Steele…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Policy Pizza: The Root Causes of Inflation
While she might not have dreamt of state budgets since she was a little girl, fiscal analyst Paige Terryberry is indisputably an expert today. In this second episode of Policy…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina Ranks 10th Best on Tax Foundation Index
The nonprofit Tax Foundation has released its State Business Tax Climate Index each year since 2003, distilling complicated tax environments into a simple and easy-to-understand ranking. The index is focused on how states generate…
Liberty
Raleigh’s Housing Crisis – Cost of Rent Exceeding Inflation Rate
Raleigh is experiencing a housing crisis. Rising apartment costs are currently outpacing inflation in the city, meaning that families are going to find it more and more difficult to afford housing.…
Elections & Public Integrity
Monday Election Data Dump: One-stop voting off to a slow start.
Last Thursday was the first day of one-stop voting, and with it, we saw our first significant spike in early voting numbers, moving us up from 36,197 ballots accepted last…