A troubling first for N.C.’s environment
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, September 25, 2013. If you’re doing something no one else in the country is doing, there’s a good chance you’re either radically innovative or recklessly... Read More
NC Spin Articles
GOP alleges irregularities with Progress NC
The state Republican Party Tuesday asked the Secretary of State Elaine Marshall to investigate a Democratic group's fund-raising practices. The state GOP is questioning whether Progress NC, a... Read More
Time for a Bi -State Commission
I recently attended a meeting with the leadership of the Port of Virginia as a member of the Northeast Commission. The Northeast Commission is a state funded organization tasked to do economic... Read More
Just anybody
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, September 24, 2013. Well, one thing about the Department of Health and Human Services is certain: If it wasn’t really broken before Aldona Wos showed up on the scene... Read More
Medicaid glitches must be resolved – now
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, September 24, 2013. For much of the summer, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has been in a political crosshairs, with attention focused on high... Read More
Teenage alcohol abuse data reveal scary story
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, September 20, 2013. The numbers relating to binge-drinking high school students are horrifying. Throw in the fact that the numbers might not even be the whole... Read More
Yes, Lt. Gov. Forest, teachers do need more money
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 25, 2013. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest drew attention to himself last week for telling conservative support-ers in Greensboro that North Carolina should have the... Read More
McCrory slow to anger over DHHS mess
Editorial by News and Observer, September 25, 2013. Pat McCrory said he was going to run North Carolina’s state government like a business, but it’s proving to be a funny business. Consider the... Read More
The Case for Bending the Curve
Although it may not seem obvious at first, there is a common denominator between two separate dramas playing out in Washington and Raleigh right now. Nationally, the top story in domestic policy is... Read More
State Medicaid Director leaving post
by Sarah Ovaska, NC Policy Watch, September 24, 2013. The state’s Medicaid director is out, after only eight months on the job. Carol Steckel submitted her resignation later Monday, saying she would... Read More
