by Mike Walden, NCSU professor of Economics, published in WRAL Techwire, February 17, 2014. here’s good news and bad news about the North Carolina job market. The good news is that more jobs have... Read More
Last week summed up the obstacles and opportunities that Governor McCrory faces as he governs in a purple state where politics is played for keeps. And he saw how hard it is, even for a Governor, to... Read More
It’s got to be a temptation – but it may not have a happy ending. Lately, President Obama’s taken to running the country by Executive Order – for instance, the other day he found a part... Read More
PPP's monthly look at the North Carolina Senate race finds Thom Tillis continuing to have difficulty breaking away from the pack in a way that would let him avoid a runoff in the Republican Senate... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 18, 2014. It's no surprise that a Superior Court judge in Raleigh refused Monday to dismiss a lawsuit against the state's new school-voucher program. The... Read More
Editorial by New York Times, February 16, 2014. North Carolina citizens have good reason to wonder just whom their environmental regulators are trying to protect. The state’s Department of... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, reprinted in Greenville Daily Reflector, February 16, 2014. North Carolinians who need food stamps are safe, for now. The Senate on Wednesday passed and sent to... Read More
With the usual ebbs and flows, North Carolina government leaders have made public education their pre-eminent issue for more than a century. Democrats in charge nearly all of that time wore the pro... Read More
I often wonder whether all the partisan nastiness and money-grubbing that goes on in politics these days is increasingly leaving the political world, both nationally and at the state level, to know... Read More
Shut out of formal power in the state capital for the first time in more than a century, North Carolina Democrats hope that 2014 will mark the beginning of a steady climb back to legislative... Read More
