COVID Response Creates Policy Options
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — Although working from home provides a great deal of flexibility and potential benefits, professional and personal, most of us don’t...
Campaigns Are Priming, Not Persuading
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — Campaigns for president, U.S. Senate and House, governor, and hundreds of other political races have spent staggering sums to market...
Social Security Matters – Should A Working Widow Claim Now Or Wait?
By AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor
Association of Mature American Citizens
Dear Rusty: My husband died 13 years ago at age 50. I am...
Build On North Carolina’s Strengths
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — When will North Carolina’s economy return to normal, or at least to a “new normal”? Unfortunately, that destination is many...
Corporate Tax Should Be Priority
By John Hood
RALEIGH — North Carolina state government is headed into the 2021-22 fiscal year with nearly $5 billion in unanticipated revenue and unencumbered...
Stop Kicking Social Security Can
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — Although the politicians in Washington almost never talk about the issue anymore, our entitlement programs are on a collision course...
We Need More Housing Options
By John Hood
RALEIGH — As post-COVID shifts in work arrangements and living preferences continue to motivate many Americans to relocate, North Carolina will...
Opinion: Campuses Will Try To Keep Discriminating
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Later this year, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally compel the University of North Carolina and the rest of...
You Decide: How Can Homeowners Cope With High Interest Rates?
By Mike Walden
One of the busiest times of my career as a faculty member at North Carolina State University was 40 years...
Opinion: Labor Race Draws Four GOP Candidates
By John Hood
RALEIGH — The commissioner of labor is one of 10 independently elected members of the Council of State, which constitutes the...
