By John Hood Raleigh, NC – It was bound to happen. The percentage of adults working from home has fallen significantly from its pandemic-era peak. Nevertheless, telecommuting has established itself as a lasting and consequential fact of modern life. Before…
By Joshua Glawson Raleigh, NC – The general tendency of the marketplace suggests that the more open a market is, the more that can be made, traded, or sold. When a company begins manufacturing or even just setting up ordinary…
By David Larson Raleigh, NC – Republican ballots ran about even with Democrat ballots as of the close of early voting. According to data from the N.C. Board of Elections, 577,232 voters cast a ballot early, with 290,226 of those…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – About a million North Carolinians have spent some time in college but left without obtaining a degree. Policymakers at the University of North Carolina system and the General Assembly see these non-completers as an…
Raleigh, NC – Today, HighSchoolOT released their last top 25 rankings of boys high school lacrosse teams until after all state championships have been played. The Northwood Chargers landed in the top 25 at No. 24. East Boys Lacrosse: Gibbons…
By Mitch Kokai Raleigh, NC – When more than 2 million North Carolinians voted in 2018 for extra protection of their rights to hunt and fish, few probably thought that vote would lead to more government regulation. But that’s exactly…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – Climate change is real. Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities such as power generation and transportation are a causal factor. Because the net effects of climate change are likely to be harmful, governments…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – Most states have still failed to recover the jobs lost during the depths of the COVID crisis in 2020. North Carolina is not, however, one of those states. From February 2020 to February 2022,…
By Donald Bryson Raleigh, NC – State Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, retired on March 31 and was the longest-serving Democrat in the state House at that time. Rep. Insko’s original plan was to retire at the end of 2022 and not seek…
By Jon Sanders Raleigh, NC – There are two reasons a corporation would take government incentives to move into North Carolina: because it can because the move can’t happen without the incentives Neither of those reasons is sufficient to justify…