Does Cooper favor a big tax hike?
Does Gov. Roy Cooper believe that North Carolina’s tax burden should be $3 billion higher? It’s a fair question to ask given what Charlie Perusse, the governor’s budget director, said at a... Read More
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Highs, lows of NC Politics in 2017
It was a year that saw change at the top of state government, the inside of countless courtrooms and when GenX came to mean something other than people born from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. The... Read More
Does the state plan to stop pollution?
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 26, 2017. What’s in our water? Around here, we already know some worrisome answers to that question. Depending on where you live, it could be potentially... Read More
Trump's impact on women and white evangelicals
We’ve not had a year like 2017 in a long time. Donald Trump has done what he promised—upended the political system. Governing by tweets with little regard for the truth, Trump is constantly on the... Read More
The never ending story of redistricting in North Carolina
In June, Civitas reported on “North Carolina’s Continuing Redistricting Saga,” now, six months later, while the saga continues, it may be better characterized as a debacle. Last week Phillip... Read More
5 Top stories to remember in 2017
1 – Opioid crisis hits Wilmington area hard; lack of public resources hinders response This summer the N.C. General Assembly passed a state budget that included about half of what was called for in... Read More
State must report on prison tragedies
In April, Sgt. Meggan Callahan was beaten to death by an inmate at the Bertie Correctional Institution. Just six months later, four prison employees died in a failed escape attempt at the Pasquotank... Read More
Are we really interested in character?
Can Democrats tar President Donald Trump and other Republicans for their support of U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore? Will they pay a penalty for endorsing a man who was credibly accused of improper... Read More
North Carolina schools accelerating into 2018
Before race drivers start a race, teams fine-tune cars to ensure ultimate performance. At your N.C. Department of Public Instruction, my team and I have been inspecting and calibrating while... Read More
Can small towns get a piece of North Carolina's lopsided growth?
Between July 2016 and July of this year, North Carolina added enough people to its population to build a new city the size of Wilmington — an increase of 116,730 people that makes us one of the... Read More
