Where can budget writers find savings to help fund priorities such as teacher raises? That’s a question on everyone’s mind these days. In our opinion, a review of UNC Centers and Institutes might... Read More
In 1857, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech about the history of the struggle for human freedom and emancipation in which he noted the following: “This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a... Read More
When Democrat Barack Obama took office in January 2009, U.S. Attorney George Holding of Raleigh was investigating two of the biggest Democrats in North Carolina – former U.S. Sen. John Edwards and... Read More
In what is likely a legislative first, House Speaker Thom Tillis started caving in to Senate budget negotiators even before the House had given its own spending plan final approval. After the House... Read More
There’s a reason the N.C. Association of Educators has a middling record of electing the candidates it endorses, and Phil Berger knows that reason: Many are Republicans, and many Republicans care... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 14, 2014. Charter schools are public schools. That means they should be accountable to the public. That came into question earlier this year when The... Read More
Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake $52,275 What a family of two adults and two children would need to make annually to afford housing, food, child care, health care... Read More
The House budget that won approval Friday overestimates how much lottery money the state is expected to receive, documents show, jeopardizing Republicans’ plan to increase teacher pay. The N.C... Read More
Kids in North Carolina have sex and smoke tobacco and marijuana a little more than the rest of the country, but drink a little less. That's according to a new survey out today -- the Youth Risk... Read More
