The most powerful man in the North Carolina House of Representatives amended five years of campaign finance reports last month after an audit by the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Speaker... Read More
Wake County's District Attorney has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into whether cash from sweepstakes businesses illegally flowed to a number of North Carolina campaigns, including... Read More
In new court filings, the N.C. NAACP and others said North Carolina’s photo ID requirement is still discriminatory, despite an amendment passed this summer that eased the restrictions. The filings... Read More
North Carolina is one of only a handful of states that enjoy the highest credit ratings from all the major bond-rating agencies. When investors looking for safe returns from government bonds do their... Read More
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
