North Carolina has grown by 2 million people since the last statewide bond issue 15 years ago. We are now the ninth largest state out of 50 and are rapidly heading toward the seventh spot. With this... Read More
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, March 4, 2016. When running for US Senate in a swing state the size of North Carolina, especially against an incumbent, there’s an entrance fee. It may not be fair and... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, March 6, 2016. State lawmakers last week ratcheted up their talk of convening in special session to block a new anti-discrimination ordinance adopted by the... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, March 6, 2016. The changes in the North Carolina sales and use tax enacted by the N.C. Legislature in 2015 and implemented Tuesday are a more bitter pill for... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, March 6, 2016. Several years ago, the StarNews editorial board stopped endorsing candidates for public office. Some folks cheered; others have told us they miss the... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 7, 2016. When the Affordable Care Act took effect, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down one important provision: The federal government, the justices ruled... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 6, 2016. Friendly and distant. Reassuring and suspicious. Kind-hearted and heavy-handed. If you listened to speakers at public forums last week on school... Read More
Robert Kaplan compares the two presidents in a column for The National Interest. President Barack Obama is known to be a great admirer of President George H. W. Bush, who Obama recently said is... Read More
When a protest outside the University of North Carolina Board of Governors meeting wrapped up on Dec. 11, it wasn't a faculty member or student urging people to return in January to continue pushing... Read More
Transparency will be a top focus for the UNC system’s administration in the coming year, President Margaret Spellings said Friday during her first official presentation before the Board of Governors... Read More
