The smell test
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 24, 2014. Tracing the trail of a truck hauling trash isn’t so hard if it leaks. Although it could turn one’s stomach. The Solid Waste Management Reform... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Blog post blurts out the truth
In the wake of a whistleblower resigning (translation: being pushed in front of a bus) from the University of North Carolina, one political observer provides a revealing look at the mindset of the... Read More
Republican US Senate candidates negative about everything, even each other
Editorial by News and Observer, April 23, 2014. It is a grim bunch, this group of North Carolina Republicans vying for the United States Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan. In a debate... Read More
Judge gives teachers victory in tenure battle
A Guilford County judge on Wednesday halted a requirement that North Carolina school districts offer a quarter of their teachers multi-year contracts as an enticement for them to give up their so... Read More
No breakout performance at second GOP Senate debate
Political experts say the Republicans who want a shot at taking on Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan in November still haven’t done much to distinguish themselves from one another. And that’s after... Read More
Tarred Heels
UNC-Chapel Hill just can’t get out of the academic fraud tar pit. The harder the school struggles, the stickier it gets. First UNC got a new chancellor. Then a new vice chancellor for... Read More
Wage inequality issue not as simple as gender
President Obama Vows Zero Tolerance on Gender Wage Gap,” read one headline. Another read, “Women Still Earned 77 Cents On Men’s Dollar In 2012.” It’s presumed that big, greedy corporations... Read More
Not everything's rosy, but jobs numbers are a positive sign
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 22, 2014. For two months running, North Carolina's unemployment rate has bested the national average. That's a place we are much more comfortable than where we... Read More
At UNC, the messenger is gone, the message remains
Editorial by News and Observer, April 22, 2014. From the beginning, nearly three years ago, when Mary Willingham spoke out about a tutoring program for athletes that was steering some to easy classes... Read More
NC Labor market delivers more of the same
In March, employers in North Carolina added 19,400 more payroll positions than they cut (+0.5 percent), due entirely to growth in the private sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded... Read More
