Thanks for joining us this Saturday morning. Today, we’re taking what’s hopefully a welcome break from the immediate political scene to talk about one of the earliest policy controversies that will confront the next president: the expiration of the “Trump tax cuts” enacted in 2017.We’ll get right to it.***One of the most impactful policies enacted…
Read MoreThank you for joining us this morning. Over the past week, campaign finance reports for statewide races have been coming into the N.C. Board of Elections. Some media reporting has happened on this, with stories offering mostly disjointed and incomplete data. Below, we offer a clean rundown of how much each statewide candidate has, legislative…
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Thank you for joining us. This Saturday morning, we are going to survey the political landscape for the presidential race and the battles for control of the United States Senate and House. The goal of this piece is to clearly lay out the key metrics regarding polling and fundraising to help our subscribers sort through…
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From the desk Chuck Fuller, CEO of The Results Company If there’s a throughline on the American psyche from the revolutionary era to now, it’s this: fear and pessimism, followed by courage and resilience. Today, as you celebrate our freedom with friends and family, I offer the below collage of stories – some historical, some personal…
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From the desk Mike Rusher, President of The Results Company Thank you for joining again this Saturday morning, kicking off one of the liveliest holiday periods of the year. Let’s take a little detour today to talk about the latest Presidential debate… Just kidding. Times like these should give us pause to stop and remember…
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Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Today, we’re offering you a piece authored by Allen Gant, Jr., the Chairman of Glen Raven, a major textiles manufacturer based in Burlington. Mr. Gant also chairs a nonprofit called the North Carolina Marine & Estuary Foundation, an effort he helped launch in 2017. The Foundation envisions a North Carolina…
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Nearly two years ago, a bipartisan Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, a sweeping American foray into protectionist industrial policy for one of the most strategically important technologies in the world. Chips are small integrated circuits critical to proper functionality in everything from computers to stealth bombers. Without them, modern…
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Today we’re continuing our series about statewide races with outsized impact on the business community. We wrote previously about the Agriculture Commissioner and Labor Commissioner – today we’re talking about the Attorney General. The last Republican elected as attorney general in North Carolina was Zeb V. Walser in 1896. Another Republican, James Carson, Jr., served briefly in the 1970s…
Read MoreThanks for joining us this morning. Today we’re returning to North Carolina’s energy future, a topic we’ve covered periodically in recent years, and one we’ll keep checking in on because it’s so critical to growth. In January, Duke Energy revised sharply upward its expected power generation needs through 2030. The utility now expects demand growth up to eight…
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