Gov Roy Cooper emerged from a recent meeting with business executives and proclaimed that none of them had asked for a tax cut Cooper used that fact to bolster his opposition to reducing business taxation The problem for Cooper is that every company cited in his comments about the meeting has taken advantage of targeted state tax breaks Those targeted incentives top million Jon Sanders John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies analyzes the governor's skewed view of business tax policy The N C Coalition for Charter Schools has named Lindalyn Kakadelis as its new executive director Kakadelis explains how [... more]

One of the biggest burdens on small business growth is taxes Business owners often get into business because they have a great idea or product Too often they go out of business because they run afoul of the IRS and their tax liability Author of Small Business Tax Guide Dan Pilla joins us on the program to address some of the biggest tax traps and challenges business owners face how to know about them and address them [... more]

North Carolina moves up to No in the Tax Foundation's latest ranking of states' business tax climates Before comprehensive tax reform launched in the Tar Heel State's ranking languished in the s Roy Cordato John Locke Foundation senior economist and resident scholar discusses the reasons for the improvement Cordato also outlines some top priorities for federal tax reform Free speech will get additional attention and protection on N C public college campuses That's thanks to the Campus Free Speech Act state lawmakers approved this year Jenna Robinson president of the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal explains why this [... more]

Republican Donald Trump shocked many political observers by winning the presidential race including North Carolina's electoral votes Republican incumbent Richard Burr withstood a hard campaign from Democratic challenger Deborah Ross to win a third term as North Carolina's senior U S senator Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson analyzes the significance of these election results and what they say about the N C electorate You'll also hear highlights from Burr's election-night victory speech and Ross' concession speech Seven months after arriving in Chapel Hill University of North Carolina system president Margaret Spellings used her official installation ceremony to make a plea [... more]