Bonner bridge reopened
The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Sunday the immediate reopening of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge across Oregon Inlet. Multiple inspections have shown the bridge is safe, the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Health law seen as eroding coverage
Americans who already have health insurance are blaming President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul for their rising premiums and deductibles, and overall 3 in 4 say the rollout of coverage for... Read More
Spread out to speed up
Traffic jams happen when too many cars try to traverse too little roadway. Thus there are two main ways to reduce the number of traffic jams. One is to reduce the number of cars trying to travel the... Read More
The battle over UNC in 2014
One of the more interesting political battles in 2014 might come over state funding for the university system and calls for more tuition hikes to replace the deep budget cuts made in the last three... Read More
Jockeying begins
The next elections in North Carolina may be months away, but that doesn’t mean that the combatants haven’t been preparing for a while now. While most people have seen or will see those step inside... Read More
Labor market on the mend
North Carolina’s economy isn’t behaving the way it was supposed to. According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the General Assembly, the state should be losing its attraction as a place... Read More
DHHS debacles need fixing, not praise
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 14, 2013. We appreciate Gov. Pat McCrory's loyalty to his top administrators. It's likely that Aldona Wos, the state secretary of health and human services... Read More
Small colleges in peril
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 15, 2013. Greensboro College had a lot to celebrate last week. After five years of financial struggle — and two years on probation with its accrediting... Read More
Raise minimum wage? It's iffy
It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another – it’s one damn thing over and over.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay Liberals’ love of recycling extends to their ideas, one of which... Read More
The silly season in NC politics
This is the silly season in politics and government. The legislature is not coming back until May, the campaign season is not yet in full bloom, and Gov. Pat McCrory is going across the state trying... Read More
