Caution needed on state budget
While North Carolina legislators and Gov. Roy Cooper haven’t yet received the report on state income taxes paid or refunded by the April deadline, they shouldn’t count on a positive “April... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Tempers flare at end of long legislative week
A low-key House session as lawmakers tried to meet their self-imposed "crossover" deadline Thursday erupted into anger, accusations and parliamentary maneuvering. As lawmakers neared the end of the... Read More
Our honest elections
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 26, 2017. There was voter fraud in North Carolina last year. But not much. The audit by the State Board of Elections released last week concludes that at... Read More
Richardson education reform plan is on target
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, April 26, 2017. Billy Richardson is thinking big. The Democratic state representative from Fayetteville may actually be thinking bigger than is realistic, but he... Read More
Injustice is costly business
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 26, 2017. North Carolina just got this lesson again: Injustice is costly in more than just human terms. Two brothers wrongfully imprisoned for 30 years in the... Read More
A bill that should make newspaper readers take notice
Friends and readers — lawmakers here in Raleigh are taking a swipe at your local newspaper. Last week, Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, won committee approval for a bill that would let cities and... Read More
What determines county jobless rates?
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, April 27, 2017. The unemployment rate is one of the most closely tracked of economic statistics. There are two reasons for this... Read More
A welcome shift in economic incentives
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, April 27, 2017. Rural North Carolina is finally getting some economic attention from the N.C. General Assembly. A bill approved this week by the N.C. Senate Finance... Read More
Cringe-worthy crossover bills
Crossover and the end of session are when bad things happen in the legislature. This week is crossover, the period in the legislative session where any bill must have passed at least one chamber to... Read More
Sellout or step forward ?
Governor Cooper’s office calls the HB2 repeal “an important step forward for LGBT rights” even though it “wasn’t a perfect compromise or the Governor’s preferred solution.” LGBT leaders... Read More
