From Tim Kent, executive director of the North Carolina Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association, in response to “Free North Carolina’s brews from archaic regulations” (May 11, For the Record): North... Read More
by Mark Binker, WRAL, May 16, 2014. In some ways, North Carolina's U.S. Senate race has been going on for months, at least in terms of television advertising. Conservative groups such as Americans for... Read More
Both Red Hat CEO and President Jim Whitehurst and Tom Looney, the general manager for Lenovo North America, express frustration when they talk about what it’s like working with corporate... Read More
A Superior Court judge on Friday struck down a law requiring veteran teachers to surrender their tenure rights in exchange for multi-year contracts. Judge Robert Hobgood ruled that the law, passed... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 16, 2014. Judge Robert Hobgood’s ruling in the teacher tenure case Friday ought to put an end to a bad idea. Although Senate leader Phil Berger vowed to... Read More
One of the most telling aspects of the release of Governor Pat McCrory’s budget recommendations this week was the poster board prominently displayed next to McCrory and State Budget Director Art... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, May 15, 2014. The politicization of the state Supreme Court may be moving from the campaign trail to the court itself. That’s the way it looked Wednesday when the... Read More
Hoping to avoid a repeat of the uproar sparked in 2010 when a state science panel warned of a possible 39-inch rise in sea level by the end of this century, the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission... Read More
In his first run for governor in 2008, Pat McCrory enjoyed the “breath of fresh air” advantage over Democratic Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue. Everywhere he went, it seemed, the Charlotte mayor came... Read More
Winston Churchill liked to say that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result,” which is why Republican Rep. Walter Jones is in fine fettle these days. The GOP Washington... Read More
