Anyone who has ever shopped for a house knows this rule: The better the test scores at the neighborhood school, the higher the home prices. A new study co-authored by an economist at Elon University... Read More
North Carolina earned high marks for preparedness against the risks posed by extreme changes in weather, according to a report. The "States at Risk: America's Preparedness Report Card" gave the state... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 17, 2015. If there were any North Carolinians out there who still doubted that campaign contributors get special treatment from some politicians, they surely... Read More
This year, the Los Angeles Unified School District implemented a new “restorative justice” discipline policy that, according to an article published in the Los Angeles Times, “seeks to... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, November 17, 2015. How open and honest is state government in North Carolina? Not very. This in and of itself isn’t a shocking development. Government on all... Read More
State and federal regulators announced a string of court victories and settlements involving predatory for-profit colleges in recent weeks, and while at first glance the numbers are big and the... Read More
He flattened the Governor to get a $3 million state contract then like a one-man wrecking ball crashed into Senator Phil Berger to keep his contract and after the press chewed on the Governor the... Read More
A couple of weeks before the 2008 gubernatorial election, then candidate Pat McCrory released what his campaign described as a detailed reform plan to end the “culture of corruption” he said was a... Read More
The terrorist attacks in Paris have shown how divided we are as a country. Yesterday, President Obama said in a speech that sending in ground troops to defeat Daesh is not the answer. He also said... Read More
The 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress report, also known as The Nation’s Report Card, shows that U.S. educational achievement, to put it nicely, leaves much to be desired. When it... Read More
