A Superior Court judge on Friday struck down a law requiring veteran teachers to surrender their tenure rights in exchange for multi-year contracts. Judge Robert Hobgood ruled that the law, passed... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 16, 2014. Judge Robert Hobgood’s ruling in the teacher tenure case Friday ought to put an end to a bad idea. Although Senate leader Phil Berger vowed to... Read More
One of the most telling aspects of the release of Governor Pat McCrory’s budget recommendations this week was the poster board prominently displayed next to McCrory and State Budget Director Art... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, May 15, 2014. The politicization of the state Supreme Court may be moving from the campaign trail to the court itself. That’s the way it looked Wednesday when the... Read More
Hoping to avoid a repeat of the uproar sparked in 2010 when a state science panel warned of a possible 39-inch rise in sea level by the end of this century, the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission... Read More
In his first run for governor in 2008, Pat McCrory enjoyed the “breath of fresh air” advantage over Democratic Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue. Everywhere he went, it seemed, the Charlotte mayor came... Read More
Winston Churchill liked to say that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result,” which is why Republican Rep. Walter Jones is in fine fettle these days. The GOP Washington... Read More
When you watch the evening news, you learn two things about people who watch the evening news. First, we vote, because we drown in political ads before elections. And, second, we have every disease... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposed $21 billion budget Tuesday includes $262.9 million for the raises he’s promised teachers and state employees, but cuts about $49 million that would go to the UNC system... Read More
Did the N.C. General Assembly’s 2013 tax reform package raise taxes on 80% of North Carolinians? In a television ad attacking U.S. Senate candidate and N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, pro-Democratic... Read More
