Opinion: Help Workers Truly Earn Higher Wages
By John Hood RALEIGH — The minimum wage in North Carolina is $7.25 an hour — no different than the federal minimum. Other jurisdictions...
Opinion: Let’s Change How The Legislature Works
By John Hood
RALEIGH — North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall earned at least two rounds of bipartisan applause at the start of this...
Opinion: Federal Funds Bring Federal Strings
By John Hood
RALEIGH — President Donald Trump’s executive orders on education have some North Carolinians crying foul.
When the University of North Carolina system...
Opinion: New Committee Will Pursue Budget Savings
By John Hood RALEIGH — Last month, North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall tapped Rep. John Torbett (R-Gaston) and Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort) to...
You Decide: What Will Be The Next North Carolina Economy?
By Mike Walden North Carolina has gone through two major economic overhauls in the last 150 years. The first was the shift from a...
Opinion: School Choice Was A Prudent Wager
By John Hood RALEIGH — North Carolina and other states expanding their school-choice programs over the past few years are betting on the power...
Letter To Editor: 2024 Operation Christmas Child A Big Success
The overwhelming generosity of the people of Johnston County and Eastern North Carolina, helped provide joy to children in need through Operation Christmas Child...
Opinion: States Should Reclaim Responsibilities
By John Hood
RALEIGH — Reacting a few days ago to President Donald Trump’s brief attempt to suspend payment on a broad swath of...
Top 5 (Bad) Arguments Against School Choice
By David Larson In the era of “search engine optimization” and click bait, I’m told that list-based articles (sometimes called listicles) continue to be a great...
Opinion: Washington Can Control This Weather
By John Hood RALEIGH — The weather hasn’t been kind to North Carolina lately — so we really can’t afford the policy storm now...
