Happy Saturday. Thank you for tuning in. We’re nearly six months into the new term of North Carolina’s Supreme Court. Democracy hasn’t devolved into fascism as the doomsdayers warned. But the high court has sent down impactful decisions on hot political cases. Proponents argue the court rectified egregious misapplications of the law handed down in the waning days…
Hello this Saturday morning. Thank you for joining us. A year ago in a piece titled The Purpose of Business, we asked, “To what end do companies exist – to earn profits or to use their power to mold society?” Stakeholder capitalism had arguably reached a crescendo, just two years after industry titans in 2020 formalized…
“State of Emergency.” It’s an official proclamation triggering emergency powers that we’re all too familiar with after COVID. But this week, Gov. Roy Cooper added a new definition to “state of emergency” – one that’s not an official proclamation but a means of communicating urgency over what he perceives as poor policymaking. It began Monday morning with…
The room fell quiet as the stalwart Senator Brent Jackson quietly stepped up to the podium to announce the North Carolina State Senate’s budget proposal late Monday afternoon. What he described in his remarks is a project, more than six years in the making called NCInnovation – a not-for-profit corporation most reporters in the room didn’t know existed.…
The room fell quiet as the stalwart Senator Brent Jackson quietly stepped up to the podium to announce the North Carolina State Senate’s budget proposal late Monday afternoon. What he described in his remarks is a project, more than six years in the making called NCInnovation – a not-for-profit corporation most reporters in the room didn’t know existed.…
Thank you for taking the time to read this morning, and this weekend we join you in honoring the mothers that have been impactful in each of our lives. Today, however, we’re talking media. Trust in news reporting is in utter freefall. Why? And what does it mean? A common answer is that the purpose…
Good Saturday morning. If you tune in to the most exciting two minutes in sports this evening, you’ll hear a familiar refrain echoing from the Churchill Downs speakers: “The horses have reached the starting gate: They’re at the post.” So too is a supermajority of state legislators. They’re poised to fundamentally reshape North Carolina’s K-12 education landscape…
Good Saturday morning. It’s nearly May, and you likely haven’t thought all that much about the 2022 election results in a few weeks (or, if you’re healthy, a few months). That means it’s prime time to look ahead to the Way Too Early 2024 Ballot Preview. TRC Nexus is, after all, a political intelligence newsletter.…
April 22nd, 2023 Hello this Saturday morning. Thanks for joining us. Conversations about America’s debt crisis often end in confusion. Our national debt is approaching $32 trillion. The U.S. government will spend about $6.2 trillion this year. It seems simple: If we’re in debt, why do policymakers keep spending so much? The irrationality of it all probably has something…