he battle over private school vouchers in North Carolina is headed to court. On Wednesday, 25 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court, calling the state’s voucher program an... Read More
During the state legislature’s frenzied shredding of the safety net for those most in need in North Carolina, I kept thinking of the Niemoller quote. You know the one. “First they came for the... Read More
Nearly 9,000 people in North Carolina have signed up for individual insurance through the glitch-plagued healthcare.gov website, federal officials said Wednesday. The enrollment numbers are an... Read More
Despite recent superficial improvement in North Carolina’s unemployment rate, persistent joblessness continues to plague the state’s workers and hinder the state’s recovery from the Great... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 9, 2013. As we’ve been told many times, newspapers are notorious for spending an awful lot of time reporting bad news. So, how about we flip the... Read More
The technology chief at the state Department of Health and Services told legislators Tuesday the agency's new computer system for processing Medicaid claims is working well, despite a critical audit... Read More
Never mind South Carolina. North Carolina’s public school students are outperforming students in Israel and Sweden. That’s according to a new U.S. Department of Education study that recently... Read More
Parties who are a gulf apart over what laws should be in place to ensure fair and open elections are just as widely divided about how quickly a lawsuit challenging new voter laws should be heard in... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, December 11, 2013. She’s attractive and flashy, and she has suitors going ga-ga, whistling at her, showing her bling and offering her anything she wants. She’s... Read More
Health care costs too much.” That sounds like a simple statement, and one with which most people would readily agree. In reality, however, the statement has multiple meanings. How you read it can... Read More
