There are big questions about the state's largest teacher advocacy group. The North Carolina Association of Educators has 50,000 members but some teachers, who haven't seen a raise in years, are... Read More
The North Carolina Senate race has tightened up quite a bit in the last couple months, with early attacks ads on Kay Hagan and the unpopular rollout of Obamacare taking a toll on her poll numbers... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, November 13, 2013. Some Republican legislators treated Moral Monday protesters as if they were unruly college students out demonstrating against Saturday classes. In... Read More
North Carolina adopted the Common Core curriculum in math and language arts and more rigorous tests for its students. The results have come in as expected: dismal. Only 44 percent of students... Read More
by Renee Schoof, News and Observer, November 13, 2013. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan said Tuesday that she wants federal investigators to examine how contractors who were paid to create the go-to site for the... Read More
Denise Dunn is one of the lucky ones. She’s one of just a handful of Triangle residents who have successfully applied for subsidized insurance on the crash-prone federal enrollment site. After... Read More
I’ve heard from a few people lately that the Democratic Party is headed for the same kind of intraparty demolition that continues to plague Republicans. According to this view, Democrats haven’t... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 13, 2013 The Affordable Care Act is giving Sen. Kay Hagan the political chills and could turn out to be unhealthy for her re-election chances next year... Read More
The way the Tea Partiers see it, to save the country they have to do to the Washington Republicans what General Sheridan did to the Indians during the Indian Wars. Because when the Tea Partiers say... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, November 11, 2013. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has been short on details, but Secretary Aldona Wos’ pledge last week to improve mental health... Read More
