North Carolina's Office of State Controller has asked the state's largest teachers group to verify its membership numbers or risk losing the ability to have members deduct their dues directly from... Read More
He’s a nasty guy. A very nasty guy.” Donald Trump was talking about Ted Cruz and with the same uncanny instinct that unmanned Jeb Bush with two words (“low-energy”) he’d put his finger on... Read More
It’s not just that our nation is divided. Both parties are divided. The Democrats’ division is generational. The Republicans’ division is personal. One party’s insurgency comes from the left... Read More
If you want to cut through the election-year spin about what the folks currently in charge in Raleigh have done to public education in the state in the last few years, a publication released this week... Read More
North Carolina was the first place polling ever found Donald Trump leading the Republican Presidential race, and he just keeps getting stronger. PPP's newest poll finds him at 38% to 16% for Ted Cruz... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 21, 2016. What's the latest big idea out of Raleigh? Applying the sales tax to museum gift shops. That proposal, included in a proposed tax bill that was... Read More
Supporters of Nevada’s groundbreaking Education Savings Account (ESA) program were disappointed earlier this week when a state judge granted an injunction stopping the program, saying it takes... Read More
The first votes in North Carolina's March 15 primary will be cast later this month, just as a lawsuit hoping to derail some of the state's new voting rules heads back to federal court. Voters this... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 17, 2016. There were no new billionaires in North Carolina Wednesday night. But many of us were a few dollars poorer. The Powerball prize reached a record... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 20, 2016. All the talk will turn to action soon. Iowa voters will caucus in less than two weeks. New Hampshire voters cast their primary ballots eight days... Read More
