by Renee Chou and Laura Leslie, WRAL, February 11, 2016. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said Thursday that his agency is launching an examination of Blue Cross Blue Shield of... Read More
While North Carolina waits on the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on congressional redistricting, the N.C. Supreme Court has closed its books (for now) on legislative and congressional redistricting... Read More
Listen to many of the conservative pundits around the country and in North Carolina these days and you’d think Donald Trump appeared out of nowhere to storm to the front of the Republican... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 11, 2016 When the new calendar was introduced here, there was a lot of enthusiasm for year-round schools. Teachers, students and parents all liked the idea... Read More
Here’s a statement that North Carolinians of all political stripes can agree is a fact: Gov. Pat McCrory and the state legislature have enacted the largest tax cut in the history of North Carolina... Read More
North Carolina policymakers should take steps to make the state even friendlier to direct primary care. It’s an “innovative” business model that already generates benefits for patients, doctors... Read More
Authentic Revolutionary Leaders with Money are Dangerous If a 74-year-old Independent socialist can come from 41 points behind to tie the most admired woman in the world in the Democratic Caucus in... Read More
The scramble for what happens next in North Carolina’s 1st and 12th congressional districts is well underway now that a federal 3-judge panel has declared their Republican-drawn maps... Read More
So-called “REINS Act” would pose grave threat to consumers, environment, public health and safety With all of the damage the political Right has done to the public services and structures of... Read More
Recently in this space, I wrote about where North Carolina is in average teacher pay, compared to the rest of the country. Now, where is North Carolina headed on that front? The smart bet would be... Read More
