News for McCrory is mixed
Gov. Pat McCrory just got both good news and bad news about his prospects of defeating his likely Democratic challenger, Attorney General Roy Cooper, in the fall election. Let’s start with the bad... Read More
NC Spin Articles
DHHS presents details of Medicaid reform plan
Top Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) officials presented preliminary plans for stabilizing the state’s Medicaid system to state leaders Tuesday, in line with legislation passed last... Read More
Anger over Supreme Court vacancy could impact Senate races
New Public Policy Polling surveys in Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, and North Carolina find that voter anger over their Republican Senators’ unwillingness to consider a replacement for Antonin Scalia on... Read More
Super history
Super Tuesday and Superdelegates are coming through big for Hillary Clinton. For that she owes a big thanks to 1980s Southern Democrats, including Jim Hunt and Terry Sanford. Both “supers” were... Read More
Friday follies
Absurd special session on bathrooms still possible It turns out there might be a special session of the General Assembly to decide public bathroom policy in Charlotte after all. House Speaker Tim... Read More
An embarrassing new low in political discourse
When I was in grade school, my school’s soccer team didn’t lose many games. Our coach routinely would tell us not to “play down” to the competition, as that would put us in a position to lose... Read More
Limited resources, poverty, academic problems highlight dropout increase
Rates surged in 67 of the state’s 115 local school systems For the better part of a decade, North Carolina’s dropout rate has been on the decline. But this week, in the midst of ongoing bickering... Read More
State needs Connect NC bond
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, March 4, 2016. The $2-billion bond package being promoted by Gov. Pat McCrory has received strong support from business leaders, government officials and high-level... Read More
Stop the Trumpslide
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 4, 2016. The Republican Party is being buried under a Trumpslide, and it threatens to cover North Carolina and the entire country. Donald Trump should have... Read More
State Board of Ed: Teacher salaries top priority
The State Board of Education has created a list of six budget priorities it wants Gov. Pat McCrory to consider this year. At the top of the list: teacher salaries. School board members debated this... Read More
