Thanks for joining us this morning. We’re almost three weeks removed the primary, and campaign organizations around the state are gearing up for the general election push. We thought it an opportune time to check in on the resources available to each statewide candidate. Notably, candidates were last required to report their cash on hand as of…
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Welcome back. Tomorrow is March 17, which for most of the period since the 17th century was associated with a feast honoring St. Patrick and a brief respite from the strictures of Lent. But in recent decades, St. Patrick’s Day has become popularly known for green beer and parades. It’s in that spirit that we’ll focus today’s analysis on North Carolina’s…
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From the Desk of Mike Rusher, President of The Results Company —————————————————————————————————– Welcome back this Saturday morning. We all know about North Carolina’s economic development hot streak. But far less attention is paid to the multi-million dollar marketing initiative that’s been strategically targeting major employers around the country for the past several years. The initiative…
Read MoreMarch 1st, 2024 It’s Saturday morning, and today we’re checking in on an initiative we covered more than 18 months ago: Project Kitty Hawk. Project Kitty Hawk is technically a nonprofit, but it’s legally associated with the UNC System and received $97 million in state funds from the General Assembly in 2021. The nonprofit’s core purpose is to equip…
Read MoreFebruary 17th, 2024 Thanks for tuning in this Saturday morning. Today we’re exploring a phenomenon that polling suggests may be in full swing, but that we can’t really be sure about until after it happens: party realignment. We’ll get right to it. ***First, some basic political science. Who constitutes each party’s coalition impacts everything from…
Read MoreFebruary 10th, 2024 Thanks for tuning in this Saturday morning. Today we’re talking about the pair of Supreme Court cases getting the most attention from the business community this year: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce. Both may undo what’s known as Chevon deference, a legal doctrine long pilloried in conservative circles that stems from…
Read MoreFebruary 3rd, 2024 From the Desk of Chuck FullerGood morning, all, and thank you for continuing to engage with the thought-provoking material we put in front of you every Saturday. I thought it prudent to write you personally today about a matter that’s very important to me, and I suspect to most of you. Last…
Read MoreJanuary 27th, 2024 Thanks joining us this morning. Three weeks ago, we wrote about America’s declining trust in its institutions. We’re writing again about trust today, but in a very different context focused on business and technology development, not politics. Every year, Edelman publishes the Edelman Trust Barometer based on tens of thousands of survey…
Read MoreJanuary 20th, 2024 Thanks for joining this morning. Mike Rusher, President of the Results Company, here to tell the story of TRC Nexus – and to examine again the value of executive communications. The story isn’t overly complicated. It started with a simple idea framed as a solution to an all-too-common problem: Executives are not…
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