As I reflect upon this year’s Emerging Issues Forum, “Teachers and the Great Economic Debate,” the word “grit” keeps coming to mind. As 1,300 people gathered to discuss the best ways for... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, February 19, 2014. More than three decades ago, an oil-filter ad introduced a phrase to Americans: “You can pay me now or pay me later.” It noted that regular... Read More
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory literally suited up for his first big natural disaster crisis last week – shedding his coat and tie and donning a green work shirt with an emergency management logo... Read More
A day before tens of thousands of people gathered for a protest march in the state capital, the head of the state Republican Party, Claude Pope, called a news conference to conduct his own protest... Read More
The other day down at the News and Observer ole Rob Christensen wrote about how Republicans in Raleigh are cocksure there’s not a chance they’ll lose their majorities in the State House and... Read More
Supporters of privatizing public education with a voucher program say that parents need vouchers to give them more educational choices because many low income students are “trapped in failing public... Read More
Duke Energy customers won’t pay the bill for cleaning up the coal ash-contaminated Dan River, CEO Lynn Good said Tuesday. As Duke released its 2013 earnings, Good was asked about costs to remedy the... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, February 17, 2014. Federal prosecutors are looking into the massive toxic coal ash spill in the Dan River, fishing for possible criminal activity by the utility and... Read More
Could President Obama’s signature program, the Affordable Care Act, be responsible for declining rates of growth in U.S. health care spending? That’s what some Obamacare advocates are claiming. To... Read More
Some years ago, then-House Speaker Jim Black pushed an idea akin to so-called mortgage bullet payments to pay for new state buildings. The state would have paid very little on the construction for... Read More
