Traditional news media used to play the role of "gatekeeper." Editors made decisions about the relevance of stories. Now, social media largely determines whether a story is worth talking about and consuming. Read More
North Carolina has an "upside down" or regressive tax code, meaning the people with the lowest income pay the greatest portion of their incomes in state and local taxes. Read More
A local government is required to lower the tax rate so that the higher property tax valuations across the entire county will yield roughly the same amount of tax revenue next year as in the previous one. Read More
Women around the country are awakening to the fact that they need to speak out, rally, and vote to keep rights they thought were secure. Read More
Projections indicate we will be the 7th most populous state. State and local policymakers need to elevate such issues as infrastructure, housing, and workforce development to the top of their priority lists. Read More
Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt lectures others about not ignoring the law, but she might also leadi by example. Read More
Anderson Clayton cites recent attack on Justice Anita Earls as evidence of need to combat GOP dominance Read More
Both Democratic candidates for Governor demonstrated a high level of decency in 30 minute interviews. North Carolinians will make a decent choice. Read More
"South Carolina is the third most representative state" when it comes to Republican Party representativeness, and "is about twice as representative of the national Republican primary electorate as Iowa and New Hampshire". Read More
Many shrug off the new wave but COVID still takes thousands of lives per month. Read More
