Why are our representatives and the Governor not monitoring and restricting outrageous pay and benefits for those who service in state government? The most recent case is the contract for Margaret... Read More
There are two ways North Carolina voters can look at rankings released Monday of how open and honest their state government is. With an overall rank of 18 out of 50, Tar Heel State government compares... Read More
America’s shrinking cities are widely viewed to be suffering from a “brain drain”—the flight of highly educated residents to other, more hospitable locales—that is crippling these cities... Read More
Patience is a challenge, especially when dealing with public education issues! Much has been written and said in the past several weeks about the Rowan-Salisbury Schools and I would like to add my... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 8, 2015. The FBI is apparently asking questions about recent allegations that Gov. Pat McCrory improperly helped broker a government contract for Graeme... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 8, 2015. If laws are only as good as the people who enforce them, maybe we should give up on campaign-finance regulations. Bad enough that the U.S. Supreme... Read More
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek offers Democrats some encouraging news about the 2016 U.S. Senate race. The magazine suggests that North Carolina is similar to swing states Colorado... Read More
It may be hard to believe given the results of this fall’s municipal elections, but not so long ago Republicans competed effectively with Democrats for political offices in North Carolina’s... Read More
Editorial by The Greenville Daily Reflector, November 7, 2015. On the radar of tax and tuition dollars flowing through North Carolina’s 17 public university campuses, the salary increases announced... Read More
North Carolina could add 3.5 million people over the next 40 years. That’s a 40 percent jump from today’s total. While there are questions about where the new people will live, what jobs they will... Read More
