Between August 2012 and August 2013, unemployment rates fell in all 100 of North Carolina’s counties and in all 14 of the state’s metropolitan areas. Over that same period, the size of the labor... Read More
by Boston Herald, October 1, 2013. A Republican congressman lashed out at President Obama and downplayed the effect of the government shutdown in an interview on Boston Herald Radio this morning... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, October 3, 2013. Roy Cooper has served honorably as North Carolina’s attorney general since his election in 2000 and has been re-elected by the people three more... Read More
Before Obamacare, before individual mandates, before exchanges, there was Medicaid. Started in 1965 under President Johnson as part of his War on Poverty, Medicaid extended health insurance coverage... Read More
Sometimes writing this blog is easy. Like today. Below is a reprint – in full, with no cuts or comments – of yesterday’s news release from the Governor’s Communications Office: Press Release... Read More
The politicians, when you get down to the short rows, are the varmints who decided to hang a ‘Not Open for Business’ sign on the federal government – but, in an odd way, it wasn’t the... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 1, 2013. One of Gov. Pat McCrory’s first priorities upon taking office in January focused on the state’s crumbling infrastructure. Perhaps some members... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald, October 1, 2013. In the Research Triangle Park, a lot of cubicles are empty for at least a day so, and if you were planning to visit museums or monuments in the nation’s... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 1, 2013. North Carolina’s average SAT scores for the 2012-13 school year have been released and that means politicians will soon be using the news to make... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 2, 2013. Last year, N.C. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin was developing plans for the state to operate a health care exchange. That was before the... Read More
