A major problem is facing state employee pension plans. While many private corporations cut back pension programs due to limited funding or decreasing contributions, pension systems for government... Read More
As the House and Senate work toward a final state budget compromise for this fiscal year, it's sometimes difficult to separate serious legislative proposals that have a chance of passing both chambers... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, August 8, 2015. Carol Folt, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, used a prominent forum in the nation’s capital this past week to make a... Read More
The inability of North Carolina's legislature and governor to decide how to spend more than $21 billion of taxpayer money is creating problems throughout North Carolina. Public school systems can't... Read More
Was the 2014 Senate race between Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan and Republican victor Thom Tillis really the most expensive race in North Carolina history, or in the country’s entire election cycle... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 8, 2015. Upon reaching a certain age, it's not uncommon to start saying things that, in more youthful days, you were sure you'd never utter. Take, for example... Read More
N.C. Rep. Rob Bryan, a Mecklenburg Republican with a leadership role in education, has been working for weeks on a bill he hopes will eventually transform public schools. It would start small, with a... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory signed 26 bills into law Thursday, most of them non-controversial. Here is a round-up: House Bill 134 (House 115-0, Senate 46-0) provides that minors cannot be charged with... Read More
The official kick-off event of the Republican presidential primary debate season came and went, and with few surprises, it seems like the field will stay locked in its current state. The candidate who... Read More
It’s more than little ironic that a column this week by a prominent think tanker on the Right was headlined “Making Transparency a Top Priority.” The column praises a provision in the Senate... Read More
