Opinion: North Carolina Fails Telehealth Exam
By John Hood
RALEIGH — North Carolina has become a national leader in such policy areas as tax reform, school choice, and transportation funding....
Opinion: Raise Teacher Pay The Right Way
By John Hood RALEIGH — Four Republicans members of the North Carolina House of Representatives — Erin Paré and Mike Schietzelt of Wake County,...
Could Enforcing Price Transparency Bring NC Health Care Costs Down?
By David Larson Carolina Journal In 2021, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service finalized a rule, initiated in 2019 by an executive...
Opinion: Institute Fosters Stronger Public Leadership
By John Hood RALEIGH — “What’s in a name?” wrote the Bard in his masterpiece Romeo and Juliet. “That which we call a rose by...
You Decide: Can We Make Sense And Cents About The Debt?
By Mike Walden
The national debt has been an issue in the U.S. for decades. But concern about the debt has peaked for two...
Limited Government Is The Best Incentive For Prosperity
By Jeff Moore Two weeks ago, the NC Department of Commerce released a report highlighting our state’s dramatic reduction in poverty rates over the decade...
Opinion: Voters Deserve Information On Fiscal Crisis
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Every citizen who meets the basic requirements — adulthood, residency, and the completion of sentence after a felony conviction...
Opinion: Hospital Expansion Numbers Expose CON’s Flaws
By Mitch Kokai Afast-growing area like Wake County should welcome the addition of 70 hospital beds and four operating rooms. Yet recent publicity about...
Opinion: North Carolina Lacks Unitary Executive
By John Hood RALEIGH — The asymmetry is striking. In Washington, many Republicans take a maximalist position on the executive power of the president...
You Decide: What Can Egg Prices Teach Us About The Economy?
By Mike Walden
My wife is an excellent cook, perhaps because she came from a family of cooks. Her paternal grandparents ran a restaurant,...
