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A fair and balanced legislature is best for the people of North Carolina
In the United States, and in North Carolina, we learn at an early age the concept and practice of fairness, which is the quality or state...

Virgil L. Smith, Carolina Commentary
Mar 9, 20233 min read


N.C. Senate should approve House Medicaid expansion bill
North Carolina may finally be on the verge of finding its “compassion and common sense” in the words of Mary Scott Winstead, spokeswoman...

Joy Franklin, Carolina Commentary
Feb 16, 20234 min read


A pandemic tax policy cut poverty to a record low. It expired.
The Child Tax Credit for the year 2021 expanded from $2,000 per eligible child age 6 to 17 to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 for...

Betty Joyce Nash, Carolina Commentary
Jan 5, 20233 min read
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