530 separate items contained in the budget sent by lawmakers to Gov. Cooper last month that would direct a total $383 million to local projects over the next two fiscal years. And guess who benefits the most? Read More
However diseased our body politic may be at the moment, there is no cure to be found in de jure or de facto censorship. Read More
Brooke Cain writes in the News and Observer that UNC-TV's failure to renew NC SPIN for 2020 might be a result of criticism of the UNC Board of Governors. Read More
Do we have government-by-poll? Part of the problem with polls is that we don't all hear the same words the same way. Read More
Public Policy Polling reports that Georgia and North Carolina combined have only voted Democratic for President once in the past 27 years, but might be a backup plan for victory by Democrats in 2020. Read More
It's all but certain that neither Senator Berger nor Speaker Moore will take the time to listen to Ms. Lyn Carver, but if they did it is hard to imagine they would say she was unworthy of Medicaid health insurance. Read More
Recent revelations of hacking into voting machines, coupled with questions regarding ownership of companies providing the equipment make it imperative that North Carolina thoroughly review and choose companies that will protect voter privacy. Read More
Our news diet contains far more pessimism than it should. In most ways most of the time things have been getting better, not worse. Read More
The new state budget was due to take force July 1 but there is a budget impasse between the legislature and the governor. There is a path out of this thicket, but it will require both sides to change course a bit. Read More
Shannon Watkins, with the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, reports that North Carolina's education outcomes are not great, and they are not getting better. Perhaps this is a failure in teacher preparation and higher standards are needed to become a teacher. Read More
