city in and county seat of Union County, North Carolina, United States
A group of Union County teachers is petitioning the county school board to implement a full-time remote learning plan. Today, the group held signs in front of the district’s central…
The term “welfare reform” still conjures up images of Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton in 1996, big Southern politicians with big personalities, big ideas, and big hair. Together, they managed…
I’ve written a lot about how DPC saves money on health claims because these doctors can spend more time effectively managing patient care since they don’t participate with insurance. There…
The latest issue of The John Locke Foundation’s By The Numbers report on the cost of local government is out. The report is available here. The key fact: Charlotte finds…
Charlotte maintains its familiar position atop the John Locke Foundation’s list of N.C. cities with the largest local tax-and-fee burdens. But the list is arriving much later than normal this…
Again. Wonder what the under/over is on his longevity. 18 months?
The Joint Boundary Commission was not convened to determine where pot should be legal, but to re-establish the North Carolina/South Carolina border. Since the 1730s, when the farmers doing the…
As readers of the Carolina Journal know, when new businesses open in Western North Carolina, the governor comes out for a toast and photo ops. State, local, and federal governments…
Quite a dysfunctional city government they’ve got going over in Monroe. The UPoR summarizes some of the finding of a by Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein for the city: •…
Try not to do a double-take at this headline: Company lied for tax incentives. That is a very bold statement by The Enquirer Journal but one that is entirely supported…
According to the Daily Caller, Union County, NC is the 16th most conservative-friendly county in America. Discuss. Chris Palko of the DC writes: Charlotte is the most conservative of North…
Classic. I drive all the way to Monroe to get my license renewed and “the system” is down. How long does is normally take to get it back up? “Could…