In 2005, in the midst of a career of traveling around the world to help set up elections in some of the most challenging places on earth – Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, Lebanon, South Africa, Sudan and... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 22, 2016. Pardon us if we sound like a broken record, but House Bill 2 is an abominable piece of legislation and it needs to be repealed — yesterday... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 22, 2016. What our state GOP leaders might be singing, with apologies to James Pierpont, the creator of Jingle Bells. Dashing through news shows On a... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 23, 2016. There really is strength in numbers, at least in the political sense. In a growing state like North Carolina, that's easy to see. The Census... Read More
North Carolina again faces an NCAA charge for providing improper extra benefits tied to its multi-year academic fraud scandal. The school on Thursday released a third Notice of Allegations (NOA) from... Read More
As one of his final acts as governor, Pat McCrory submitted his recommended budget for 2017-18. Outgoing governors are required by state law to submit a budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. The... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 23, 2016. Leave it to a late-night TV host, Seth Meyers, to provide a perfect description of the abomination of leadership that has been North Carolina... Read More
As recent events have reminded us, North Carolina’s state government is not a precise analogue to the federal government. Its leadership is more diffuse. The state legislature is stronger, relative... Read More
by Mark Binker, WRAL, December 22, 2016. Shortly after the state Senate finished a day filled with rancor and mistrust by rejecting efforts to repeal House Bill 2, the controversial measure dealing... Read More
by Matthew Burns, WRAL.com, December 22, 2016. The state NAACP will ask the national leaders of the civil rights group next month for a nationwide economic boycott of North Carolina to protest the... Read More
