Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 30, 2017. Why doesn’t the N.C. General Assembly just go ahead and make it illegal to be a Democrat? Republican leaders mercilessly hacked the budgets of Gov... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, June 23, 2017. Anyone visiting my home office immediately knows something obvious about me. The multitude of red baseball hats shows I’m a big... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Wilson Daily Times, June 29, 2017/ As a boy, I barely knew an adult who didn’t smoke. My mother and her best friend smoked cigarettes at the kitchen... Read More
Most of the initial headlines about the final budget agreement announced Monday afternoon by legislative leaders were ones they could have written themselves, touting raises for teachers and state... Read More
North Carolina House and Senate leaders have just fashioned a compromise budget for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years. The deal includes sizable pay raises for school teachers and principals... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 23, 2017. The “Raise the Age” campaign took on a tough challenge and was remarkably effective. The new state budget transfers responsibility for most... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 21, 2017. We’re grateful that the General Assembly has taken significant steps to deal with this state’s pervasive opioid-abuse epidemic. It appears our... Read More
Editorial in The Wilson Daily Times, published in Greenville Daily Reflector, June 20, 2017/ Gov. Roy Cooper is trying to browbeat state lawmakers back to the drawing board in the wake of a U.S... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 18, 2017. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water ... No, don’t cue the theme from “Jaws.” We’re talking about much smaller, quieter... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald Sun, June 22, 2017. Our youngest citizens are the group least likely to vote – and have been for years. Since voting is a pretty basic part of our civic obligations, it... Read More
