Okay, it’s now time for Republicans to hit the panic button. Democrat Doug Jones won a US Senate seat in Alabama last night. Alabama! I didn’t really think it was possible, but it happened. It was... Read More
Now that the federal government has rolled back the internet protections it put in place two years ago, the big question is: What does the repeal of "net neutrality' rules mean to you? In the short... Read More
For years, North Carolina has long led the nation in the number of teachers holding National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification. That distinction is in part traceable to... Read More
All speech is free, but some speech is more free than others.” This seems to be the motto of the current members of the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors and their General Assembly... Read More
If the General Assembly were an army, their troops would be spread too thin. Lawmakers made a tactical decision this year to redraw judicial district boundaries. On another battle front, they’re... Read More
Editorial by Capitol Broadcasting Company, December 13, 2017. Cynical and shameful. That is a generous assessment of the statement issued by North Carolina’s two top legislative leaders in response... Read More
Josephus Daniels, one of the most prominent North Carolinians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, played a key role in a story that often circulates around Christmastime. He’s not exactly its... Read More
State lawmakers had a rare moment of bipartisan unity recently. Everyone, it seemed, was outraged about a state-funded healthcare agency that was paying its CEO a $635,000 salary. Until the overpaid... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 14, 2017. Local school boards are having to clean up after the General Assembly’s mess -- and it won’t be pretty. In 2016 and again this summer... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, December 10, 2017. There’s an old saying stating, “no good deed goes unpunished.” I was reminded of it during a recent radio call-in program... Read More
