Editorial by Burlington Times-News, May 9, 2017. It’s budget season in North Carolina. Governments at every level, from the General Assembly to town councils in tiny rural towns, are trying to... Read More
Editorial by Salisbury Post, May 7, 2017 The competition among high school students for valedictorian and salutatorian should cool after new state grading standards are fully in effect. The change may... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Asheville Citizen-Times, May 9, 2017. It should come as no surprise to anyone that things are not always what they seem in politics. A state Senate... Read More
The Senate passed its $22.9 billion budget bill for the coming biennium in a Thursday evening vote and a final vote on Friday just after 3 a.m. The Thursday vote fell down along party lines in a... Read More
NEA’s Rankings & Estimates for 2016 and 2017 was released earlier today. According to the document, North Carolina’s average teacher salary for 2017 was $49,837, good for 35th place. In addition... Read More
The N.C. Senate’s $22.9 billion General Fund budget plan would allow taxpayers to keep more of their own money, while also showing greater restraint than the governor in dealing with state spending... Read More
The past six years have brought significant change in North Carolina government and policy. Conservatives tend to like the budget restraint, tax cuts, school choice initiatives, and other reforms that... Read More
Sports analogies are overused in political analysis, I admit. But for some purposes, there’s no better description than the example of two teams squaring off in a ball game. In North Carolina... Read More
The battle in Washington over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has taken a revealing turn in the last few days with members of the North Carolina congressional delegation playing major... Read More
The battle to preserve the state’s certificate-of-need laws is about to get personal. A newly formed political organization, connected with the North Carolina Hospital Association, seems poised to... Read More
