A Tribute to Lauch Faircloth
Thursday, August 22 marks the 30th anniversary of the day when Lauch Faircloth saved my life and the lives of Leighton Elliott and Manuel Sowers. Mr. Faircloth was running for Governor and had been... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Local Election Boards change
It is expected to take a little more than two years to implement the new voter photo ID law, but it will take a lot longer to change the dysfunctional culture that is entrenched in the state and local... Read More
Looming N.C. deficit among nation's largest
North Carolina will face one of the largest state deficits in the country next year, according to a new report. The National Conference of State Legislatures surveyed 35 states to get a picture of... Read More
Cumberland principal's letter to McCrory goes viral
The letter from Peggy Raymes, principal at Margaret Willis Elementary School in Cumberland County, to Gov. Pat McCrory ends with a question. “Do we give 37 percent pay increases to young men who... Read More
ACT: Majority of NC students not meeting college readiness benchmarks
Less than a fifth of North Carolina high school graduates who took the ACT test in 2013 have the reading, math, English and science skills needed to succeed in college or a career, according to data... Read More
McCrory Calls Out Legislators Using Facebook
Gov. Pat McCrory is using Facebook to call on lawmakers to sustain two vetoes he issued earlier this month. "Contact your representative, Julia Howard @ 919-733-5904 who represents Davie and Forsyth... Read More
North Carolina GOP Dubs Millions in Education Cuts as 'Opportunity Scholarships'
The GOP is at it again -- trying to give damaging policy ideas a pretty name in hopes that Americans will not notice that the ideas themselves are dangerous. In 2002 it was "Clear Skies," introduced... Read More
HHS salary scandal not just about the money
The day before reporter Sarah Ovaska at NC Policy Watch broke the news that two 24-year-old former campaign staffers for Governor Pat McCrory working at the Department of Health and Human Services... Read More
Use private $ for roads and bridges, not taxpayer money
This Congress has been criticized for not passing many laws — and praised for that in some quarters. And it’s true that in quantitative terms its productivity has been low. A major case in point... Read More
When N.C. justices were impeached
Howard E. Covington Jr. dangles an intriguing historical footnote in his excellent new biography of Greensboro’s Henry Frye. (I’ll write about the book for a future Sunday Ideas section.) The... Read More
