bizSearchStatewide columnists
The Mountaineer regularly receives columns from individuals who closely follow government and political activities in Raleigh and submit columns to newspapers across the state. Columnists include:
Scott Mooneyham, who works for Capital Press Association
John Hood, the executive director of John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank in the state
Mike Walden, an economist with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of N.C. State University
Damon Circosta, the executive director of the N.C. Center for Voter
Education, a Raleigh-based nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, dedicated
to helping citizens more fully participate in democracy
Recent Column Posts (1 - 11) Additional Posts (12 - 490)
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Medicaid costs are expanding
By John Hood - Jun 17During the past year, North Carolinians have heard many things about Obamacare, Medicaid, and health care reform that turned out to be untrue. For ...
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Big property tax increases on North Carolina’s horizon?
By Allan Freyer - Jun 14The Senate’s historically unprecedented $1 billion-a-year tax cut passed out of the Finance Committee yesterday, moving steep reductions in ...
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The Senate's unexpected pitch
By Scott Mooneyham - Jun 13RALEIGH -- For the last decade, as state legislators and other state leaders have spoken about reforming North Carolina's tax structure, not many ...
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House offers broad tax cut
By John Hood - Jun 12RALEIGH — If reforming North Carolina’s tax code were easy, one of the many tax-reform efforts of the past 20 years would have succeeded. Didn’t ...
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Tax reform, state budgets and limited government
By Scott Mooneyham - Jun 12RALEIGH -- Since they rolled out their tax reform proposal, leaders in the state House have been diligent in promoting it as a tax cut for all, ...
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House offers broad tax cut
By John Hood - Jun 06RALEIGH — If reforming North Carolina’s tax code were easy, one of the many tax-reform efforts of the past 20 years would have succeeded. Didn’t ...
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House, Senate must resolve vast budget differences
By Scott Mooneyham - Jun 17RALEIGH — One of the major differences in the proposed state budgets approved by the House and Senate can be seen in the two competing documents ...
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Ten things we’ve learned on Jones Street in ten days
By Chris Fitzsimon - Jun 14The last 10 days at the General Assembly have been some of the busiest of the session, with debates on the House budget, taxes, schools voucher ...
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It's trash time at the General Assembly
By Scott Mooneyham - Jun 12RALEIGH — Five years ago, when Gov. Pat McCrory made his first bid for the job that he now holds, a sore spot for the then-Charlotte mayor was an ...
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The risk of doing nothing
By D.G. Martin - Jun 12“We will not be Intimidated or Coerced by Certain Alphabetical Organizations or Committees under the Disguise of ‘Betterment of Certain Groups or ...
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Medicaid costs are exploding
By John Hood - Jun 12RALEIGH — During the past year, North Carolinians have heard many things about Obamacare, Medicaid, and health care reform that turned out to be ...
