How Did We Come to This?
There’re some strange doings going on over in the General Assembly. For decades, free markets have been an article of faith with Republicans. We don’t like government manipulating markets to... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Obama Going to Mooresville Middle School
Add to the growing list of Mooresville Graded Schools supporters President Barack Obama. The White House announced that Obama will visit Mooresville Middle School to see “the school’s cutting edge... Read More
New voices supporting vouchers emerge
There’s something exciting happening in North Carolina: Young, liberal African-American politicians are breaking away from teachers’ unions to support school choice. “If you are able to look at... Read More
Vouchers: A Bad Use of Public Dollars
by Ed Dunlap Sponsors of House Bill 944, the school voucher legislation, offered some changes before its committee passage last week. The maximum income for eligibility was lowered to 133% of the free... Read More
Tax Reform Is About More Than Modernizing Outdated System
Tax reform has been discussed but not acted on for 20 years. This General Assembly and governor's office are committed to fixing a tax system that was set up the 1930s, when our economy was heavily... Read More
Lawmakers’ disastrous path to an inferior NC education
I am a proud North Carolinian – proud to be a product of public schools, proud to have spent a career in public education, proud to have served as state superintendent of Public Instruction for two... Read More
Bruton the Bully
Mama always said that when a bully finds out you can be intimidated or pushed around, the bullying would continue until something or someone stops it. Bruton Smith, owner of the Charlotte Motor... Read More
The Follies
Not inclined to shift money away from schools? The state budget debate shifts to the House next week even as more details buried in the 413-page budget bill that passed the Senate this week are coming... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory's Rising Political Stock
As the legislative session drags on, the Governor is seeing his political stock on the rise. In January, when the General Assembly convened, the Senate went to great lengths to show the newly... Read More
Carolina Needs Capital Ideas
Just about every political cause in Raleigh is being pitched as a spur to economic growth. It’s easy to see why. North Carolina continues to post one of the worst unemployment rates in the country... Read More
