NC teacher pay now ranks 43rd
The budget the NC Senate passed would give teachers a 3.3% raise and a $3,000 bonus. With continued inflation and a possible recession on the horizon, that doesn’t help them keep up. Read More
NC Spin Articles
A quiet ride, a loud truth about education
A microschool is a rapidly growing trend; kind of a modern take on the one-room schoolhouse. It can really look like whatever the parents want it to, but generally it has fewer than 50 kids, it can have a customized curriculum and be led by a certified teacher or a team of parents.. Read More
The Daniels and their newspaper
For more than a century one family one newspaper dominated political discussion in North Carolina. Read More
Tariff tensions: How trade wars hurt families in NC
We need to have transparency and logic in our trade, tax, and energy policies — because small businesses don’t operate on cable news cycles. They operate on balance sheets and razor-thin margins. Read More
The real problem.....
Even when a voter agrees with a candidate on issues, if he sees that candidate as crooked or untrustworthy he won’t vote for him. Read More
Pritzker and Sanford
The Illinois governor got his political start working on Terry Sanford's US Senate campaign in 1986. Read More
Freer places have happier residents
Free societies aren’t perfect societies. No such societies exist. But they are also dynamic, creative, and, in the best sense of the word, progressive. Read More
County leaders question private school vouchers
11 counties in our state don't even have a private school but vouchers are taking funds away from their students. Read More
North Carolina’s clean energy boom: a blueprint for economic growth and American energy independence
Clean energy investments, coupled with North Carolina's business-friendly environment are transforming our state. Read More
It’s silly season at the North Carolina General Assembly
As lawmakers hurtle toward their self-imposed May 8 “crossover deadline” – the date by which many bills must be approved in one house to be eligible for consideration in the other – the legislative process is arguably its chaotic worst. Read More
