Layton Long, Jr., head of environmental health at the state Department of Health and Human Services, resigned Monday. His resignation is effective in 30 days. Long has worked at the state Department... Read More
The state is asking a federal court to dismiss two lawsuits — one filed by the North Carolina NAACP and one filed by the League of Women Voters of N.C. — challenging the new law requiring voters... Read More
For a year we’ve heard how the digital geniuses in the Obama campaign demolished Mitt Romney. Now they can’t make the website work for the biggest thing in his administration? This might say... Read More
This one should be a no-brainer. You are driving down the road or city street during morning rush hour or in the mid-afternoon. You see in front of you – in your lane, or the oncoming one – a... Read More
Coastal erosion and flood protection are two pressing, persistent challenges that shape the quality of life in Eastern North Carolina. An even more pressing problem, though, has slowly come into this... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday that North Carolina may have to expand its Medicaid health insurance program, saying a back door in federal health reforms is forcing his hand. Reform experts question his... Read More
Editorial - The Fayetteville Observer, Oct 21, 2013 Unless you know how to get fruit from a seedling, don't expect much from the first report on North Carolina's public school students' performance... Read More
BY TERRY STOOPS - The Locker Room: October 21, 2013 AT 9:56 AM, In “Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance: Evidence from IMPACT,” Thomas Dee of Stanford University and James Wyckoff of... Read More
Editorial - News & Observer, Published: October 19, 2013 Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger has an idea that North Carolina is rife with incompetent teachers who coast along in the system thanks to... Read More
