by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Salisbury Post, June 22, 2017. Decades from now, the most enduring and defining mark of this Republican legislature may well be charter schools. In... Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Wisconsin redistricting case and consider whether partisan gerrymandering is constitutional. In the past, the courts have deferred on answering whether... Read More
Several generations of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill students studied our state’s history under Dr. Hugh Talmage Lefler using his book, " The History of a Southern State North Carolina... Read More
Editorial from Asheville Citizen-Times, June 19, 2017. North Carolina lags behind most states in child welfare. We can and must do better. The annual Kids Count Data book uses 16 indicators to rank... Read More
North Carolina’s fiscal policy is relatively strong when compared to much of the country. A 2017 survey by the National Association of State Budget Officers found state governments have... Read More
Since the beginning of this year, there have been no net new jobs created in North Carolina. In fact, using the latest data from the monthly survey of employers, there were about 2,200 fewer filled... Read More
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” Credited to Louis Brandeis from Harper’s Weekly in 1913, it was true then, and it’s true today. Shedding light on government leaves it... Read More
Legislative leaders are scrambling for their political lives after the conservative U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the legislative districts they drew to lock in the power they gained in the... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 14, 2017. Too many of us still think in either-or political terms. What are you? Democrat or Republican? Lefty or righty? Donkey or elephant? And yet, that’s... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 12, 2017. If you are born and raised in North Carolina, chances are that you aren’t going to live as long as the average American. That fact — not the... Read More
