This series, entitled “Cut This, Go Home,” will include several budget items that should no longer receive taxpayer funding because they fall well outside the legitimate, core functions of... Read More
Back when the legislature came to town, State Senator Ralph Hise announced Medicaid spending was out of control but he had a solution – Capitation – which worked like this: He was going to hire... Read More
At this point you suspect President Obama is just messing with Republicans’ minds: “How can I drive the crazies crazier?” You can see him relaxing on the Truman Balcony one evening, nursing an... Read More
State education officials released the results of the second year of the troubling A-F school grading system Wednesday morning and just like the results last year, they are more of a statement about... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 3, 2015. Novo Nordisk was frank in explaining its decision to build a second manufacturing facility in Clayton: “After a thorough evaluation of... Read More
More children are graduating from North Carolina public schools, but only about a third of the 1.6 million students are on track to soak in the knowledge they'll need for the rest of their lives... Read More
North Carolina would allow more terminal groins – jetties that protect barrier islands from erosion – if state senators get their way in the state budget. The move would be controversial, with... Read More
Lawmakers could be moving all of next year’s North Carolina’s primaries to March 15. The state House on Wednesday rejected a Senate-approved plan to hold only the presidential preference primary... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory reiterated Tuesday that he thinks local control is the best way to handle education funding decisions. In June, McCrory told a statewide confab of business and education leaders that... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, September 1, 2015. Funny how times change. A little more than 10 years ago, in a move that many still think less than above-board or even flat out dishonest, the... Read More
