Good morning. Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. We’ve had the pleasure of introducing you to several of North Carolina’s statewide elected officials over the last several months, like Governor Josh Stein and State Treasurer Brad Briner. Today, we are turning our attention to the youngest member of North Carolina’s Council of State:…
We wrote in June about one name that stands out among notable figures – mostly ball players and war heroes – from Fordyce, Arkansas (population: 4,300): “Nestled in after Ray Porter (World War II general) and Kevin Williams (defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings) is a name with a different sort of resume attached to…
Every lasting endeavor has an origin story. For TRC Nexus, it began in a meeting room in Burlington in 2018, when a group of North Carolina CEOs gathered to compare notes on pressing issues. What struck the group wasn’t just the complexity of the challenges like education reform, economic development, and workforce readiness, but how…
Thanks for joining us this Saturday morning. On March 17, 2020, then-Gov. Roy Cooper ordered every restaurant and bar in North Carolina to close. Last month, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a landmark decision allowing two parallel lawsuits against the state to proceed under the Constitution’s “fruits of their own labor” clause. We share…
How North Carolina’s D.H. Griffin Company became central to the World Trade Center recovery Good morning, and thank you for joining us. Today, we’re bringing you a special edition of Morning Updates to commemorate the 24th anniversary of September 11, 2001, a day that forever changed the United States and the world. That day is…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. We’re eight months into Governor Josh Stein’s tenure: What can we discern so far about his governing philosophy and style? His predecessor, Roy Cooper, had a famously contentious relationship with the Republican-led General Assembly, a dynamic that produced raucous inter-branch fights. The state had no formally adopted…
From the Desk of Chuck Fuller, CEO, The Results Company I trust that you’re enjoying this American pastime of a long early September weekend with friends and family. To me, Labor Day is always a time of thankfulness, reflection, and celebration for the American workforce – the most dynamic and productive the world has ever…
Thank you for joining us this morning. Today, we’re diving into one of the most substantive new laws enacted this year in North Carolina that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves: the REINS Act. We’ll get right to it. *** Government imposes rules on private industry. In the light most favorable, the government does so…
Thanks for joining us this Saturday morning. Ask a person on the street to list North Carolina’s best-known museums, and you’ll probably hear about the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, or the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. However, you may not know that one of the state’s oldest, most historic museums is…