Demonstrators say the refusal by state lawmakers to expand Medicaid is killing thousands of North Carolinians. To illustrate their point, dozens of protesters carrying cutouts of tombstones held a... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 27, 2015. Gunfire erupted outside a party on Boyd Street early Saturday, with several people firing weapons, police say. One person was killed; an officer... Read More
In his book The Conservative Heart, Arthur Brooks writes that for too long conservatives have argued moral issues in monetary terms. In their quest to preserve the American dream of the possibility... Read More
It is not a surprise that proposals to limit the length of legislative sessions are making the rounds in Raleigh these days. A lot of people are still reeling from the contentious and grueling eight... Read More
I thought about filing to run for a seat on the school board. Can’t do it, Guilford County Board of Elections Director Charlie Collicutt told me Monday. “You will not be able to file as a partisan... Read More
When the Affordable Care Act passed Congress in 2010, analysts from the Congressional Budget Office, the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, and private-sector allies released estimates... Read More
Sometimes politicians just have to rise above principle. Like Republican legislative leaders who have come to love spending taxpayers’ money – for goodies that help them politically. The... Read More
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
