Protecting ourselves…from ourselves
If you want to understand why the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission made a mistake this week by allowing fracking companies to keep secret the chemicals they pump into the ground, take a glance... Read More
NC Spin Articles
UNC leaders call Mary Willingham's claims a 'travesty'
by Jane Stancill and Dan Kane, News and Observer, January 17, 2014. Chapel Hill leaders on Friday presented a detailed refutation of the data used by a learning specialist to claim that some... Read More
Federal judge strikes down NC's ultrasound abortion law
Doctors in North Carolina cannot be forced to show women ultrasound images and describe them in detail before performing an abortion, a federal judge ruled Friday. The decision was lauded by civil... Read More
Caring for the poor people in style
A couple of weeks ago the News & Observer published a story that got folks stirred up over how the head of the Raleigh Housing Authority was making $280,000 a year and wining and dining his board... Read More
Can Pat get back?
Pat McCrory looked this week like a man urgently pushing the reset button. Like a politician who desperately wants to change course before he goes off a cliff. So first he talked about teacher pay... Read More
The cynical celebration by Civitas and the NC Chamber
Thousands of long term laid off workers in North Carolina have simply given up looking for a job and dropped out of the labor force and folks like the N.C. Chamber and the Pope Civitas Institute... Read More
UNC board suspends whistle-blower's research on literacy level of athletes
by Dan Kane, The Charlotte Observer, January 17, 2014. UNC-Chapel Hill announced Thursday evening that its research review board had suspended whistle-blower Mary Willingham’s work on the literacy... Read More
McCrory says he talked energy with Obama in NC
Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday that President Barack Obama's visit to North Carolina this week gave him the opportunity to talk about energy exploration and clear the air about case backlogs within... Read More
Food stamp backlog
The latest from the troubled state agency responsible for getting food stamps to eligible recipients is that a program backlog is being caused by more than just glitches in a new computer system. No... Read More
NC and discouraged workers
North Carolina has too many discouraged workers. About that fact there can be no doubt. Under the Bureau of Labor Statistics definition, discouraged workers are those who would otherwise be in the... Read More
