Reports are growing of layoffs within the big tech and entertainment industries, making it more and more difficult to ignore the reality that a recession is about to hit. When…
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has disrupted everyone’s life. Rick Henderson analyzes the likely impact on 2020 elections for the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Terry Stoops assesses the long-term…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on a state commission’s approval for Salisbury to refinance debt linked to its municipal broadband system. Michael Walden’s Daily Journal ponders potential changes…
State lawmakers continue to question the $58 million they label Gov. Roy Cooper’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline “slush fund.” Dan Way recaps the latest developments in the latest edition of Carolina…
Two N.C. State University researchers say their employer is silencing them because they question the long-term impact of solar energy projects. Dan Way highlights their story in a Carolina Journal…
…From N.C. State University economics professor Michael Walden, in The Daily Tar Heel: (The state’s) estimated agriculture probably would have gained from TPP. Agriculture is a major industry in North…
The N.C. Supreme Court ruled recently that state lawmakers cannot take tenure away from public school teachers who already have that type of job protection. Terry Stoops analyzes the impact…
• Now that Janet Cowell (at right) has announced she will not seek a third term as state treasurer, possible successors are making their intentions known (or rumored). Among those…
As the General Assembly begins budget negotiations in ernest, building up the state’s savings accounts should be a top priority for long term fiscal health and preparing for changes in…
State lawmakers are likely to make better decisions about state education policies if they split up the committees that now focus on both K-12 and higher education issues. Sarah Curry…
Gov. Pat McCrory’s office issued the following news release Wednesday. ————————————————— FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 919-814-2100 Wednesday, June 4, 2014 [email protected] Raleigh, N.C. – Governor Pat McCrory signed the Energy Modernization…
North Carolina’s latest ACT test scores look pretty bad, even when you limit comparisons only to those states in which most high school students take the test. Terry Stoops explores…