Commerce restructuring raising concerns
A state Commerce Department proposal about the coming privatization of many of the agency’s functions shows that Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration is poised to move dozens of jobs and millions of... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Catawba make case for land purchase, casino
The Catawba Indian tribe says a 1993 settlement allows the federal government to designate land in North Carolina as a reservation, the first step toward building a new casino in Cleveland County that... Read More
Farm bill has big implications for NC
North Carolina has a lot riding on the outcome of a closed-door drama now playing out in Washington as Congress works against a deadline this month to hammer out divisions in a new five-year farm bill... Read More
Facing thorny challenges of online education
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 5, 2013. State audits aren’t conducted to make public officials look bad but, nonetheless, that’s the result for Superintendent of Public Instruction... Read More
State needs new road map
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, December 3, 2013. North Carolina has the largest state-maintained highway network in the United States, but unless public officials can come up with a long-term... Read More
McCrory, days gone by
Gov. Pat McCrory is clearly smarting over what he perceives as unfair treatment by the media. A recent column by longtime Charlotte Observer reporter, editor and editorialist Taylor Batten provides... Read More
Sutton’s ouster as school board chairman a stab to the back
Cash Michaels, editor and chief reporter for The Carolinian in Raleigh, offers up a blog post with his analysis of the ouster of Keith Sutton as chairman of the Wake County Board of Education... Read More
Disturbing trends as colleges spend even more on athletics
Editorial by News and Observer, December 5, 2013. There’s a little bit of irony here. The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees got a request from the Department of Athletics for a fee increase to help... Read More
How to keep good teachers? Fix the jobs
North Carolina’s report on teacher turnover for the last school year, released Wednesday, came just after I had read a compelling article in The Atlantic called “Why Do Teachers Quit?” and in... Read More
Stats show Alamance deputies profile Latinos
Two university professors hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to analyze traffic stops by the Alamance County Sheriff's Office say statistical data conclusively shows deputies there are racially... Read More
