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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: To boost downtowns, make them safer
RALEIGH — North Carolina continues to exhibit impressive economic performance. Last year, for example, only five states — ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: On tax reform, set firm priorities
RALEIGH — Negotiators from the North Carolina House and Senate are currently hashing out a compromise budget for ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Oh, let him build his pirate ship
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH — It’s still a free country. We all enjoy the right to vacation as we ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Elections bill ignores state constitution
RALEIGH — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have legitimate grievances against the Democrat-controlled State Board of Elections. The ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Carolina lawmakers split on debt deal
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s own Patrick McHenry, who represents our 10th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Legislative-appointment bill goes too far
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly seems poised to strip additional appointment powers from the governor. Senate ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Good policy doesn’t require certainty
RALEIGH — When my first book, “The Heroic Enterprise,” was published by Simon & Schuster in 1996, I ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Of course books can be dangerous
RALEIGH — A thought occurred to me as I was traveling through the North Carolina Piedmont last week. ... Read more
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Carolina voters dislike big government
RALEIGH — North Carolina Democrats are frustrated. It’s not hard to see why. Since 2008, when Barack Obama ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Courts do have role in redistricting
RALEIGH — When the North Carolina Supreme Court issued its latest redistricting decision on April 28, both angry ... Read more