Campaign contributors
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, November 22, 2015. If there were any North Carolinians out there who still doubted that campaign contributors get special treatment from some politicians, they... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Local school officials stand up to legislature on low-performing schools
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 22, 2015. Our two top school officials were in Raleigh Wednesday, fighting back against the state legislature’s capricious rules on low-performing... Read More
Speaker Moore: Nothing improper happened in prison contracts
House Speaker Tim Moore said he is confident “nothing improper happened” in contract talks between the McCrory administration and a Charlotte businessman with ties to McCrory. Moore, who took over... Read More
State jobless rate fell slightly to 5.7% in October
North Carolina’s jobless rate in October fell slightly to 5.7 percent from September’s revised rate of 5.8 percent, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported Friday. The October rate was unchanged... Read More
Office should review contracts
Two recent media reports have cast a spotlight on the potential “pay to play” problem with government contractors who are also donors to political campaigns. Liberal pols and activists were... Read More
Politically correct and eroding rights
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, November 22, 2015. If you want to know what the movement that has been rattling cages on college campuses is all about, go to YouTube and watch a video titled... Read More
What to do about refugees from Syria?
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, November 21, 2015. The issue of whether or not the United States should make homes for 10,000 Syrian refugees isn’t quite the slam dunk those on either side of... Read More
1 in 3 two year-olds have not received all recommended childhood vaccines
Approximately 34 percent of children in the United States do not receive all doses of vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) by age two, according to a new... Read More
Salary demands
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, November 21, 2015. It is easy to see why the University of North Carolina’s governing board was nearly evenly divided over last month’s closed-door... Read More
Poverty, poor health combine in needless deaths
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 22, 2015. The tight link between health and wealth is no surprise. People with more money can afford health insurance and good preventive care. They also... Read More
