By Lindsay Kosmala Furst, in Making Our Way blog, July 25, 2013. Dear members of the North Carolina General Assembly, The language in this letter is blunt because the facts are not pretty. Teaching... Read More
RALEIGH -- Not long before he left the position, former state Elections Director Gary Bartlett warned that one consequence of a voter ID requirement in North Carolina would be a shift toward more... Read More
Durham Herald-Sun, July 25, 2013. The Durham-based N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development already started adjusting programs and staff in reaction to expected state budget cuts, the nonprofit... Read More
The Democrat complaint list goes on and on against photo voter ID in North Carolina: voter suppression, new Jim Crow laws, onerous requirements for college students to cast ballots, etc. Liberals and... Read More
This is a simple question with a simple answer – NO. In government, private corporations, not-for-profits, or even in your own home, comparing a budget usually operates on a yearly basis. You... Read More
Before the Lost Colony at Roanoke Island, before the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, there was Fort San Juan in the North Carolina foothills. Archaeologists studying a ceremonial mound from a Native... Read More
About one-half of our counties' budgets and at least half of our state's general fund budget is appropriated for education in public schools, community colleges and universities. The purpose of these... Read More
Editorial in Greensboro News and Record, July 25, 2013. The legislative debate this week about sweeping changes to our voting system had an Alice-in-Wonderland quality. Every serious question posed by... Read More
Editorial in News and Observer, July 25, 2013. If lawmaking is really like sausage making, what’s happening in Raleigh this week deserves a raid by a political version of the USDA. Republicans in... Read More
The political stench coming from our own state has overwhelmed the one coming from the Commonwealth to our north. However, we should pay attention. There’s a cautionary tale playing out up there. A... Read More
