The House Education Committee approved legislation yesterday to replace Common Core Standards in North Carolina public schools. The bill, which will be heard on the House floor later today was... Read More
The North Carolina Medical Society’s immediate response to the recent Senate budget proposal was concern for the harm it would cause our state’s aged, blind and disabled residents who would no... Read More
Did you know that your auto insurance policy contains a hidden fee that is used to keep rates lower for risky drivers? According to an American Consumer Institute survey, the vast majority of North... Read More
by Wayne Godwin, NC Insurance Commissioner, published in Charlotte Observer, June 4, 2014. As North Carolina’s elected Insurance Commissioner, I feel it’s necessary for me to respond to a May... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, June 4, 2014. In case you haven’t heard, Aldona Wos is brilliant. That’s what Gov. Pat McCrory says about North Carolina’s Health and Human Services secretary... Read More
North Carolina on Wednesday moved closer to becoming the second state to abandon national teaching standards, a move that thrust education to the front of the U.S. Senate race. The House voted... Read More
Doctors clad in white lab coats gathered with Gov. Pat McCrory outside the Governor’s Mansion at a news conference Wednesday to back the governor’s Medicaid reform plan. Physicians criticized a... Read More
The N.C. Senate has written a new version of a bill that would turn a division of the N.C. Department of Commerce into a private corporation. The problem is, the bill is too strict — or too lenient... Read More
The people of North Carolina are about to find out if they have a governor with a mind and an agenda of his own or a weak and mostly ceremonial leader who is unwilling or unable to stand up to the... Read More
by Steve Cranford, Charlotte Business Journal, June 3, 2014. The North Carolina economy should grow at an inflation-adjusted rate of 1.9 percent in 2014, down from 2.3 percent last year, according to... Read More
