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Reminder: North Carolina Has the Longest Mail Voting Period in America

I recently provided public testimony in support of making election day the deadline for county boards of elections to receive absentee-by-mail ballots. There is a myth that, under current law,…

October Jobs Report

North Carolina’s unemployment rate decreased in October while the September rate was revised up to 4.3% according to the new release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. At 4.1%, the October…

Miss Our Conversation With Authors of “The Vote Collectors”? Watch It Now.

On Monday, Nov. 15, I talked with Michael Graff and Nick Ochsner, co-authors of the new book, “The Vote Collectors,”which chronicles the 2018 voting shenanigans in Bladen County that drew national…

Yet Again, Progressive Policy Makes Things Worse

Determined to strike out on my own after college, I quickly realized that my eyes were bigger than my paycheck when it came to finding a place to rent. For…

New Civitas Poll: Majority of NC Voters Think They’ll Be Worse Off After Biden’s Term

RALEIGH – Concern about the future looms in North Carolina voters’ minds, according to the latest Civitas Poll. As President Joe Biden’s job approval hangs at 39% and pain over inflation hits…

Testimony in Favor of Election Reform Bills

I provided testimony in support of several election reform bills to the North Carolina General Assembly Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House committee. Here is my prepared testimony for…

Cooper Is Right to Sign the State Budget, But He Signs It for All the Wrong Reasons

After a history of vetoes, Gov. Roy Cooper will sign his first NC state budget The budget includes significant benefits in the form of substantial tax cuts, infrastructure projects, and…

The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending November 15

This past week about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.6%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…

Leandro Order: Creating a Constitutional Crisis to Benefit the Education Establishment

Superior Court Judge W. David Lee violated the separation of powers by ordering state finance officials to transfer $1.7 billion in taxpayer money from the General Fund without the requisite…

Biden’s Approval Goes Off the Rails

Why Are Schools Still Sitting on ‘Emergency’ Covid Funds?

North Carolina K-12 public schools have received close to $6 billion in Covid-19 relief funds A new analysis finds school districts have about 75% of Covid funds unspent, and although…

Biden’s Inflation Problem Exposed

Editors at National Review Online explain why price increases mean bad news for President Biden. There’s no way to spin it: Wednesday’s inflation report is bad news for the country…