by Thomas Mills | Jul 10, 2015 | Economy, Editor's Blog |
If you want to know how that “Carolina Comeback” is affecting North Carolina families, look no further than median income. The North Carolina Democratic Party yesterday sent out a press release showing that median income under Republicans has dropped $4,000 and is now...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 30, 2015 | Economy, Editor's Blog |
CNBC’s rankings for best states for business are out and North Carolina dropped four places from fifth to ninth. A lot of organizations put out rankings and many are more subjective than objective, so take the actual ranking with a grain of salt. However, if they use...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 17, 2015 | Budget, Economy, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Republicans often complain that government programs pick winners and losers. Nobody is choosing winners and losers more than the GOP Senate. Winners are quite clearly people who are already doing well. Losers are the rest of us. Senate Republicans are following the...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 15, 2015 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NCGov |
Give Pat McCrory and his team credit for staying on message. Almost two years ago, McCrory responded to a scathing op-ed about North Carolina in the New York Times. McCrory said that contrary to the “liberal world view of The Times,” he was leading North Carolina in a...
by Brad Salmon | Jun 1, 2015 | Ads, Economic Development, Economy |
Since the start of the State Legislature in January, the GOP majority has made time to debate bills about deer-hunting, bear traps, carrying concealed weapons at the State Fair and allowing magistrates to decide if they will marry same-sex couples. But we haven’t had...
by Thomas Mills | May 15, 2015 | Economic Development, Economy, Editor's Blog |
If budgets reflect priorities, it’s clear that higher education is a low one for Pat McCrory and the Republican legislature. McCrory’s budget would have cut the UNC system by $50 million. The House brought some relief and only cut it by $26 million. These cuts come...
