Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 26, 2015. Note to the board of the University of North Carolina system: If you’re going to throw a controversial new president at your entity and the rest... Read More
Under fire for how the search for a new University of North Carolina system president was selected, UNC Board of Governors Chairman John Fennebresque resigned his seat on the board Monday. The... Read More
Eric Evenson is very, very worried about fish. Evenson, 55, a lifelong North Carolinian, says he’s been fishing since he was a 5-year-old tossing a line into the surf at his grandfather’s cottage... Read More
With all of the defections from the General Assembly as of late, you’d think dozens – if not hundreds – of qualified candidates from across the state would be lining up to run for those offices... Read More
The candidate “has the knack of doing things and doing them noisily, clamorously; while he is in the neighborhood the public can no more look the other way than the small boy can turn his head away... Read More
There are always interesting things you discover when you start looking deep into statistics and facts of any public policy issue. In North Carolina, one such ‘interesting’ case is the whole issue... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory's signature on House Bill 372 wasn't the end of North Carolina's effort to change how the state's $14 billion Medicaid system works.While the political wrangling may be over for the... Read More
Students, parents and teachers have long lamented the hours that kids spend taking standardized tests, especially since the introduction of the Common Core academic standards. But just how much time... Read More
For three years now, I’ve been defending the decision of the North Carolina General Assembly to end the longstanding practice of giving public-school teachers automatic pay boosts if they possess or... Read More
Editorial by The Fayetteville Observer, October 25, 2015. This just doesn't look good.It doesn't look good when the state agency that's supposed to enforce environmental standards and hold violators... Read More
