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Where the Bodies Are Buried: How experts for N.C.’s Attorney General mislead the public about TVA air pollution risks
Law & Public Safety
Center for Local Innovation City & County Issue Guide 2008
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Common-Sense TIF Reforms: Ways to Avoid Randy Parton Theatre-Like Debacles and Other Disasters
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Poor State, Federal Response to Hurricanes Prolongs Families’ Misery
Billions of taxpayer dollars are expended on hurricane recovery in North Carolina. Disaster responses historically fail to meet victims’ needs and waste significant funds. The federal government should step back and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Do States Need an Income Tax?
States with no income tax tend to run much leaner and efficiently.
Elections & Public Integrity
Stacey Abrams’ Legal Defeat and the Need to Fight for Election Security
Stacey Abrams never accepted the results of her 2018 loss for Georgia governor, nor have many Democrats, who claimed that the election was stolen due to “voter suppression.” An organization…
Education
On This Day in NC | October 3-7
October 3, 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show first aired. The town of Mayberry was modeled after Griffith’s hometown, Mt. Airy. In all, there were 249 episodes. October 4, 1777 | Brigadier General Francis…
Liberty
Stock Market Falls as Recession Gets Harder to Ignore
The stock market is a on a downward trajectory as the latest economic numbers show that the reality of recession is harder to ignore. The country has its official second…
Liberty
Hurricane Ian Shows the Limits of Green Energy Policy
Green energy policy is all the rage with Washington DC and Europe, but it’s storms like Hurricane Ian that can show the limits of its usefulness. As North Carolina endures…
Research Brief
Education
Are NC Schools Using Federal Covid Money to Help Struggling Students?
Forty-three percent of North Carolina K-12 schools received a grade of D or F on state report cards, and state test scores show academic achievement is lagging and racial achievement…
Energy
How to Blow Over a Third of Trillion Dollars for Nothing but “Virtue”
The e U.S. has cut more CO2 emissions than any other nation, but China has increased its CO2 emissions by five times the amount cut by the U.S.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Student Loan Forgiveness: Biden Wants More People Dependent on Government
On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimates on the cost of President Biden’s executive action to cancel student loan debt. They found that this will cost $400 billion. The…
Liberty
What the UK’s Bet on Reaganomics Could Mean for North Carolina
Newly installed United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss is betting on ‘Reaganomics’ to help her country escape the dire economic and energy situation facing Europe. If it works, it could…
Research Brief
Energy
Hurricane Winds Can Destroy Offshore Wind Turbines
Research has estimated that nearly half the turbines in wind facilities placed in the most vulnerable areas — including the hurricane-prone waters of North Carolina — would face destruction from…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
98 NC Counties Saw Increases in Unemployment in August
North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased in August for the first time since Covid-19, as we reported two weeks ago. Today the North Carolina Department of Commerce released county-level unemployment data for the state, revealing…