5 myth-busting truths about the NC economy
Conservative happy talk doesn’t change several important basics The mantra from conservative North Carolina politicians and pundits these days is that North Carolina’s hard right policy turn of... Read More
NC Spin Articles
It's time for politicians to stop thinking they have to bribe companies to come here
Every few days, I see another story. They’re always the same. They start with some headline about how a company has chosen North Carolina over another state. Occasionally it’s another... Read More
House, Senate remain far apart on judicial overhaul
Despite the fact that the congressional and legislative district maps they've drawn have been ruled unconstitutional by federal judges, Republican lawmakers appear ready to move ahead with a redraw of... Read More
State dollars flow to private schools
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 9, 2018. State legislators are working to avert a looming funding crunch for local school systems, a key lawmaker said last week. School districts are... Read More
Megasite remains a prime location
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 11, 2018. Not many people in North Carolina have more reason to be disappointed than Darrell Frye. He has ramrodded Randolph County’s effort to assemble... Read More
In schools, as in life, the rich get richer
Editorial by The Fayetteville Observer, January 9, 2018 As lawmakers return to Raleigh today amid calls for better education funding, a new study reveals growing disparities in the way the state’s... Read More
Wasting public money
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 12, 2018. The GOP-led state legislature is running up quite a tab in court with taxpayers footing the bill. It has spent almost $7 million defending against... Read More
Tillis supports border wall, except when he doesn't
Editorial by The Charlotte Observer, reprinted in The Greenville Daily Reflector, January 10, 2018. Legislating is the art of finding bearable compromise — or at least it used to be before... Read More
How a Duke professor helped bring down NC's Congressional districts
Validation sometimes arrives quietly. Other times, it makes a splash, and for the chairman of Duke University’s math department, Tuesday’s validation was the splashy kind. Duke professor Jonathan... Read More
Possums and politics: An NC tradition ends
Possum out: Famous New Year’s event in Brasstown shockingly ends after one final descent” was the lead headline in last week’s Cherokee Scout, North Carolina’s westernmost newspaper. After... Read More
