Earlier this month, Governor McCrory signed legislation that ends the practice of providing Personal Education Plans (PEPs) to students who are at risk of academic failure. Though probably an... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, June 10, 2015. Regardless of one’s view on fracking, the state’s testing process in Stokes County has been a public-relations nightmare. From its initiation... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 11, 2015. This should be a no-brainer. But instead, it's a political football that's bouncing all over the road and into the potholes. We've got a lot of... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 11, 2015. State Republican lawmakers, who are so fond of “accountability” that they’ve mandated a letter grade for each public school, got report cards... Read More
State House leaders were on familiar ground Wednesday as they unveiled this year's Medicaid reform proposal. The plan looks very much like their 2014 proposal, which the Senate refused to consider... Read More
The state Senate has rolled out a new economic development and tax reform bill that would give the governor a new lure for large manufacturers. Members of the Senate Commerce Committee reviewed the... Read More
A mandate that 12.5 percent of North Carolina’s energy eventually would come from renewable sources or energy efficiency was a bad idea back in 2007, when the idea was included in Senate Bill... Read More
Jones+Blount has learned that, according to a source, Gov. Pat McCrory personally talked transportation Secretary TonyTata out of running for Congress. The source, who has knowledge of the discussions... Read More
With the pending U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage expected, and the issue of whether North Carolina magistrate’s should be allowed a ‘religious objection’ to performing same-sex... Read More
National reports notes wide resource disparities Two national reports released this week find that North Carolina is failing to adequately fund its public schools, mirroring a years-long trend of... Read More
