Between July 2014 and July 2015, unemployment rates fell in 90 of North Carolina’s 100 counties and in 13 of the state’s 15 metropolitan areas. Over the same period, the size of the local labor... Read More
Even while North Carolina was still in the grips of the Great Recession, with thousands of residents suffering the slings and arrows of joblessness because they were caught in the wrong place at the... Read More
Perianne Boring is spending a lot of time in North Carolina these days. The former finance industry journalist and legislative analyst on Capitol Hill founded the only Washington D.C. industry... Read More
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
