During the 2016 gubernatorial campaign, Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and left-leaning media outlets excoriated Pat McCrory and other North Carolina Republicans for elevating divisive... Read More
The major American political parties are in crisis. The proportion of American voters who register as independents has reached 40 percent, rising about 10 percentage points since 2000. A few... Read More
A few months after taking office, Gov. Roy Cooper took the stage in a Research Triangle Park office building to announce a 1,200-job deal with Credit Suisse in exchange for $40 million in incentives... Read More
North Carolina residents generate almost 12 million tons of trash every year. As the state's population grows, concerns are also mounting in the Triangle over where to discard all of that garbage... Read More
Editorial by The Greensboro News-Record, October 25, 2017. Call it the Mikel Brady rule. Inmates “with convictions of a violent crime against a government official and/or law enforcement are... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 26, 2017. The director of the state prison system announced this week that he’s stepping down at the end of this month. David Guice has been chief deputy... Read More
Editorial by The Winston-Salem Journal, October 22, 2017. North Carolina made the national news again Thursday, but not because of our recovering economy, our beautiful and irreplaceable vistas or the... Read More
Joe Albea's earliest childhood memories of the Tar River are the many times his mother told him to stay away from it. It is the same for lifelong friend, business associate and fishing buddy Tommy... Read More
When it comes to our national and state priorities, it’s been said that a budget is a moral document. A budget is a statement of public commitments and considerations for its people. After looking... Read More
Since 2011, the Republican-led General Assembly has enacted transformational reforms. These include changes to our tax structure, how we pay for infrastructure, and more options for parents when... Read More
