The value of UNC
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 14, 2014. UNC-Chapel Hill ranks first in the country, again, on Kiplinger’s latest list of best college values. Four other UNC campuses are among the top... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Food stamp backlog in N.C. still. Really?
OK, so North Carolina isn’t the only state having trouble getting people who qualify for food stamps the assistance they need in a timely fashion. A Wichita Business Journal story this week said... Read More
Obamacare is being repealed
Remember all the brouhaha from last fall’s Washington showdown and government shutdown? The dispute purportedly pitted Republicans intent on repealing Obamacare against the president and Democrats... Read More
Wos warns of next foodstamp deadline
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, March 12, 2014. Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos told lawmakers Wednesday that the state will have a difficult time meeting a key food stamp deadline March... Read More
North Carolinians want Duke Energy to pay for cleanup
PPP's monthly North Carolina poll finds overwhelming bipartisan agreement that Duke Energy- and not anyone else- should pay for the clean up from the recent coal ash spill. 79% think the company... Read More
I remember, and mourn, the real Atlantic Coast Conference
In the fall of 2008, my wife and I went to England. We went as part of a tour, and one of the stops was in Liverpool. Our tour guide took us down an alley way and our group assembled outside a... Read More
Gaming the system at the Division of Employment Security
by Sharon McCloskey, NC Policy Watch, March 12, 2014. With little fanfare in a quiet Wake County courtroom yesterday, Dale Folwell, the head of the state’s Division of Employment Security, squared... Read More
Senator Burr's shameful stonewalling
There has never been an African-American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and for some reason Senator Richard Burr seems intent on keeping it that... Read More
NC weighs the pros and cons of incentives, again
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, March 12, 2014. Incentives are back in the news. Do they work? Are they worth it? How much is too much? There are few easy answers, as illustrated by two debates... Read More
Rising cost of coal
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 12, 2014. The price of coal may be going up for Duke Energy customers. The reason why can be seen at the failed coal ash pond at Duke’s Dan River plant in... Read More
