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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings has impressed several chancellors of the 17-campus university system during initial meetings. Spellings, whose first day on the job was... Read More
