Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning.Nearly two centuries ago, bricklayers and stonemasons began construction of what would become the Fayetteville Arsenal. It stored weapons and ammunition, protected by large iron gates, for only a few decades until General William T. Sherman razed it in 1865.Some remnants remain scattered about the site, visible now…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. This November, North Carolinians will have the opportunity to amend their constitution again. They’ll decide on at least two tax-related proposals: a 3.5% cap on the state’s income tax rate, and a requirement for state lawmakers to limit property taxes imposed by local governments. After 15 years of policy choices that…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. In 1989, Financial World magazine surveyed corporate America and crowned its “CEO of the Decade.” The honor did not go to a Wall Street financier or a Silicon Valley pioneer. It went to a soft-spoken Charlotte engineer named Bill Lee, the chairman of Duke Power. Lee had joined…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Four weeks from today will mark 250 years since the formal adoption (not the signing, as commonly believed) by the Continental Congress of “the unanimous declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” Thus began a series of cataclysmic events that resulted, this year, in a celebration of the world’s…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. The history-minded among us might know the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, when Gen. Nathanael Greene’s Continental Army squared off against Lord Cornwallis. Greene famously won by losing, inflicting such devastation on the British forces that they withdrew from the Carolinas. Far fewer people know what happened a…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning for a special edition in observance of Memorial Day. Three weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10) used his allotted time during a congressional hearing to detail a battle in Afghanistan in 2015. Harrigan’s account is chilling. A small Special Forces element encountered a 2,000-strong Taliban force…
From the Desk of Mike Rusher Today, I’d like to provide you with an update on the impactful All in NC marketing campaign, which stacked up success stories during its three-year run. The All in NC marketing effort stemmed from a small group of North Carolina business leaders who recognized early that having a strong pro-business climate was not…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. The childcare challenge – often referred to as a crisis – facing North Carolina and the nation has attracted considerable attention in recent years, including in the TRC Nexus newsletter. Specific attitudes vary, but the general sentiment goes something like this: Sending a child to regular day care (not…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. This week, the North Carolina Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education held its inaugural meeting. The historic effort takes a business-minded approach to improving the public education system, with backing from Governor Josh Stein, Speaker Destin Hall, Senate Leader Phil Berger, together with the state’s business community.…