The securities division of the Secretary of State's office should investigate charges that a UNC Board of Governors member is violating a consent decree. Read More
We need to stop focusing on average teacher pay and instead look at compensation through different lenses. Read More
Lindsay Marchello of Carolina Journal reports on a speech at UNC by Perdue University President Mitch Daniel that warns higher education faces obsolescence. Read More
Thomas Mils of Politics NC says Democrats are weary of lies, legislative trickery and the breaking of rules, but there are few consequences for their actions. Read More
If North Carolina insists on expanding Medicaid they should at least insist on enforceable work requirements for new Medicaid recipients. Read More
Blogger Gary Pearce reports that Mary Wills Bode left a good job at a New York law firm to ensure North Carolina would not be the poster child for gerrymandering. Read More
There have been many twists in turns of HB 655, the House version of Medicaid expansion. Will it ever come to the floor for a vote or will House leadership continue to play games? Read More
There are many issues like transportation, healthcare, housing and growth affecting North Carolina. Can we predict the turning points that resolves them? Read More
When people can’t predict with at least some degree of confidence what economic policies their government will follow, they often delay consequential decisions and park their resources in safer, lower-yielding investments. Lawmakers should seek consensus, simplicity and predictability in making economic policy changes Read More
Jay Schalin, director of policy analysis at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, writes that a new program on civic virtues and civil discourse is generating unnecessary controversy. Read More
