Thanks for tuning in this Saturday morning. Today we’re going to contemplate a seemingly intractable tension point. Before we dive into it, we’ll paraphrase a philosophy championed by a North Carolina leader we deeply admire: Good leadership requires honest assessments of reality. Without sober acknowledgment of the situation at hand, it’s impossible to make good decisions. We…
Welcome to a perfect fall weekend – thanks for spending a few minutes with TRC Nexus this morning. Mike Rusher, President of the Results Company, writing today to provide an analysis of the new Congressional, State House and State Senate maps produced by the North Carolina General Assembly to be used in the 2024 election.…
Happy Saturday morning, and thanks for tuning in. This week, Toyota announced it would “supercharge” its Randolph County battery plant, bringing the company’s total investment to $13.9 billion and 5,000 jobs across a seven million-square-foot campus by 2030. The announcement drew national attention because of its sheer size, and rightly so. By comparison, Apple’s planned…
Thanks for joining us this morning. Over the past year, the concept of an impending “urban doom loop” has occupied an increasing share of policy and media focus. What is the urban doom loop, how might it affect North Carolina, and – most importantly – is it even a real problem? We offer analysis on these questions below. Thanks…
Thanks for tuning in this Saturday morning. Today we’re talking industrial policy – a question that’s generated heated debate for the past 50 years. We’ll dive right into it. ***America cannot endure without semiconductors. They’re necessary components in smartphones, computers, TVs, medical equipment, military weaponry, and dozens of other categories of essential goods. In 1990, the United…
October 14th, 2023 Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Today we’re following up on a piece we wrote in May about NCInnovation. Since then, the legislature endowed the organization with $500 million and set into law the rules and regulations that will govern NCInnovation’s work. A lot has been written about NCInnovation, and understandably so:…
October 7th, 2023 For most of you reading this, it’s Saturday morning. Put down your coffee and look out the window. It’s October, so you’ll likely see squirrels scampering about burying nuts to excavate during the lean winter months. Stay in that spot for the next twelve weeks and you’ll likely see birds digging up the…
September 30th, 2023 Thanks for tuning in this Saturday morning. As has been widely touted, North Carolina earned top billing on CNBC’s best states for business ranking two years in a row – a remarkable achievement. The truth is, many of the measurables that go into business rankings, CNBC and the like, come from the…
September 23rd, 2023 From the Desk of Chuck Fuller, CEO The Results Company Earlier this week, I shared some brief thoughts about my good friend U.S. Senator Duncan McLauchlin “Lauch” Faircloth, who passed way September 14th. I would like to share a more in-depth look at Sen. Faircloth’s legacy. Faircloth had a fascinating dual career in…