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At long last, a budget proposal has been presented by the North Carolina General Assembly. Ours was the only state to go the entire fiscal year of 2025–26 without a…
Chris Miller and Joshua Zoffer write in the Economist about the Trump administration’s approach to an important technological issue. The Trump administration has deployed industrial-investment policies from loans to equity stakes…
North Carolina’s farmers depend heavily on the federal H-2A guest worker visa program to bring in seasonal labor. But for many, especially small and mid-sized farms, the program is costly,…
The Helene recovery is possibly the most formidable challenge facing Gov. Josh Stein. To be successful, he must distinguish himself from former Gov. Roy Cooper’s failures in the Matthew and…
On Monday, the North Carolina House unveiled its 2025–2027 biennial budget proposal, calling for $32.6 billion in net General Fund appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2026. This would represent a…
Introduction Emerging innovation in a free society springs out of the restless yearning for newer, better, and faster ways. While fast-emerging new forms of competition may please consumers, they tend…
On December 17th, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee unveiled a 1,547-page continuing resolution and disaster recovery bill that included financial assistance to North Carolina and multiple other states devastated by…
Inexplicably, NCORR generated an estimated $319 million budget deficit while only completing homes for 68 percent of the families in the HRP. Now, with 1,364 homes damaged by Matthew and…
After six years and millions of taxpayer dollars wasted, Governor Roy Cooper discharged the director of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR), also known as ReBuild NC.…
Congressmen Brad Wenstrup and Mark Green write for National Review Online about an emerging threat from communist China. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) quest for global dominance continues. What began…
Margot Cleveland of the Federalist explains why Supreme Court cases this week involving fishing regulations could sink a rotten plank of American legal doctrine. The case involves competing interpretations of…
A key component of "Bidenomics" sounds an awful lot like NCInnovation.