The past few weeks have made me wonder if we need to simplify the election process. We could eliminate the primaries and just vote Democrat or Republican. We don’t need individuals in office as very... Read More
North Carolina’s population grew by 112,000 between 2015 and 2016, the largest single year increase since 2010, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. With a growth rate of 1.1%, North... Read More
North Carolinians are engaged and interested in offering opinions on the state’s public schools, according to the 2017 HPU Education Poll, a joint venture between selected faculty in the Department... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, February 17, 2017. Every year, the General Assembly seems to sprout a bumper crop of bills that are downright loony. One of our current favorites is Sen. Dan Bishop... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, Capitol Press Association, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, February 21, 2017. Legislative Republicans are acting as though their days are numbered. Having remade the state’s... Read More
by Kristie Nystedt, John Marrino and Suzie Ford, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, February 20, 2017. Imagine for a moment that you start a small business. You invest your life savings, take... Read More
by Matt Caulder, Capitol Connection, February 23, 2017. The latest in a string of HB 2 repeal bills was filed in the state House on Wednesday, but HB 186 has a new twist to it: Both Republicans and... Read More
The UNC Faculty Assembly is tattling on its governing bodies. In a memo to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Assembly listed 17 “serious concerns” about the North Carolina... Read More
On Thursday opponents of President Trump’s stance on illegal immigration took to the streets, leaving jobs and businesses closed for “A Day Without Immigrants” to show the effect that illegal... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, February 15, 2017. Give 'em a raise. That's the bottom line on lawmakers' bottom line, which is that they're working for peanuts. Peanuts is what we get back, you... Read More
