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The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 31

This past week 97.7% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 39 out of 40 (97.4%) adult North Carolinians — and more…

Top Tech Companies Then and Now

The Internet has come a long way from the days of AOL’s universally recognized dial-up sound, Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service, and MySpace’s top friends list. What used to be seen as a…

RepresentUS Fails to Disclose Who They Represent

Many are probably familiar with the ads targeting North Carolina’s latest redistricting case, known as the Harper vs. Hall case, over the last few weeks. ‘RepresentUS’ has been continuously airing…

North Carolina Is Not a 50-50 State: What that means for redistricting

Every election season, and perhaps even more so during redistricting, we hear talk that North Carolina is a 50-50 ‘purple’ state. That belief creates a notion in some minds about…

Boosted Unemployment Benefits Prolonged Unemployment

Economic laws are not subject to a vote, don't care about your feelings, and are unbreakable. Policymakers ignoring them put us all in peril.

INBOX: Tillis Calls for Transparency On Biden’s Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal

Arriving in my inbox this morning from Sen. Thom Tillis’ office. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and 17 of his Senate…

Unfair & Unjust: Time To Get Regulators Out of Their Hair

Walk into a commercial hair salon and you’ll find your stylist’s state license on the wall or the counter. It’s required to practice under the state’s regulatory framework to protect…

Another Reality Check For Joe Biden

My husband used to work for a governor, and I know that elective office is a tough, tough gig, with the toughest of them all located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.…

Democrats Are In For a Long, Cold November Night

The Democrats are on the wrong side of voters on important issues. Gov. Roy Cooper’s approval rating is dismal, and he’s under water on one of the single most important…

Princeton Gerrymandering Project gets an “F” for Transparency and Nonpartisanship

For those paying attention to the workings of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, we already knew that the system they use to grade redistricting plans is arbitrary and favors Democrats with…

How big is school choice?

End the Forced Masking of Children in Schools

Perhaps finally the horrid politics of Covid is thawing toward schoolchildren. Consider that just within the past two days, several Well-Reputed Liberal Establishment Media outlets have allowed themselves to publish…