After years of being ranked in the bottom half of states in key tax policy indexes published by the Tax Foundation, North Carolina has skyrocketed to among the best states…
In a previous Legal Update, I complained about how President Obama’s opposition to mens rea reform led him to oppose, and ultimately scuttle, other important criminal justice reforms at…
This week, the Raleigh City Council adopted a Universal Living Wage policy. They’re not the first city in the North Carolina to do so, and they’ll likely not be the…
It has long been established that the incoming Trump Administration and a Republican-controlled Congress have plans for a partial repeal and replace of Obamacare. What does this entail? There…
Last week, the Harvard Law Review published an article by Barack Obama entitled, “The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform.” Despite its title, the article is not an…
I remember when Major League Soccer launched in 1996. It was just a handful of teams, and none of them were close to North Carolina. If you’d told me then…
According to the Center for Education Reform’s “Charter School Laws Across the States,” North Carolina’s charter school law rose to 23rd best in the nation, a seven place jump…
Obamacare has failed. Almost all of its original promises have been broken. In 2009, President Obama promised that his signature Affordable Care Act (ACA) would lower health insurance costs, allow…
Sincer her November defeat to upstart Mark Johnson, former Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson has been employing a sympathetic media establishment to voice her disappointment at the outcome of…
As part of Extra Session 4, Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly introduced House Bill 17: Modify Certain Appointments/Employment. The bill would grant the incoming Superintendent of Public…
