Litigious activist plans on voter ID and redistricting set to be upended

February 4, 2023 | Comments Off on Litigious activist plans on voter ID and redistricting set to be upended

February 4th, 2023 Happy Saturday morning. Thanks for joining us.Today we’re talking about the consequences of the no-holds-barred litigation strategies of opponents to voter ID and redistricting policies. They won major legal victories that forced Republicans to severely moderate on both fronts.But the litigious activists couldn’t leave well enough alone. They plowed the pendulum through…

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National debt on the fast track to a quadrillion

January 28, 2023 | Comments Off on National debt on the fast track to a quadrillion

January 28th, 2023 It’s Saturday morning again. Welcome back. Do you use the word “quadrillion” often? It comes after “trillion” – million, billion, trillion…quadrillion. The answer is probably no. But your grandkids will, according to the quants who built the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model. The widely-respected model predicts U.S. debt held by…

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Wolfspeed’s accelerating growth set to propel North Carolina forward.

January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Wolfspeed’s accelerating growth set to propel North Carolina forward.

January 21st 2021 Happy Saturday morning. We hope you’re getting through the doldrums of winter. Today we’re talking about Wolfspeed, the semiconductor company formerly known as Cree. The company responsible for the largest economic development announcement in North Carolina history, betting big that the electric vehicle market will follow a hockey-stick trajectory, and with it…

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How the North Carolina Labor Commissioner impacts the business climate

January 14, 2023 | Comments Off on How the North Carolina Labor Commissioner impacts the business climate

January 14th, 2023 Thank you for spending some of your Saturday morning with us. For many years, North Carolina has benefited from a Commissioner of Labor that appreciates the challenges business owners face. That doesn’t mean the Commissioner has ignored labor concerns like workplace safety – it just means the Commissioner has taken a balanced, real-world…

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The U.S. national debt is in uncharted territory

January 7, 2023 | Comments Off on The U.S. national debt is in uncharted territory

January 7th, 2023 Thanks for joining us this Saturday morning. Today we’re talking about the national debt, which has ballooned to a proportion of GDP never before seen in American history.What are the risks? What happens if it keeps growing? Will we – or should we – ever pay it off? The answers from economists…

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