Crawdads again
Amazon's top selling novel of 2019 is a book about crawdads and is supposedly set in North Carolina. It would have been better if it was filmed here. Read More
NC Spin Articles
Beware, party bosses, the rise of the unaffiliateds is coming for you
In North Carolina, the number of registered voters opting out of a party label has more than doubled since 2008. Unaffiliateds will almost certainly be the largest bloc of voters in the spring primaries. Read More
COVID fear to cause long-term labor shortage
Around 3 million workers plan to remain permanently sidelined over concerns of COVID-19 Read More
NC Department of Instruction pours more salt on teachers' wounds
In North Carolina, the gap between what teachers in public schools earn and other college grads in the private sector is one of the largest in the nation. Read More
North Carolina is bouncing back
There’s no question our state suffered mightily during the COVID crisis. North Carolina clearly bounced back more strongly from the COVID recession than most states did. Read More
A tough environment but a long way to go
Self-interest drives elections, not statistics. Right now, people are more concerned about their ability to pay their bills than the impact of employment numbers. Read More
Numbers behind the polling numbers
The numbers deep inside the poll results can often be as revealing as the ones that grab the headlines. Read More
Most people in North Carolina feel public schools are underfunded
Respondents were also asked if teachers were paid enough, if the state offers a sound basic education and if schools focused too much on African Americans in history Read More
WRAL News poll shows high anxiety over Ukraine conflict
Almost one-third of those surveyed are afraid the conflict could develop into World War III. Read More
Voters can still be persuaded
Political campaigns will devote substantial resources to detaching loosely affiliated voters from the other side and bringing them over by Election Day. Read More
