Funds cuts threaten doctor training
A proposed change to Medicaid rates paid to North Carolina hospitals would eliminate Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to our state’s teaching hospitals, risking severe damage to the model... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Back to school myths and facts
It is back-to-school time, which means that the mainstream media and public school advocacy groups are busy telling folks that Republicans are jeopardizing the welfare of North Carolina’s public... Read More
Fate of legislative, congressional maps back in court
North Carolina’s boundaries for General Assembly and congressional seats were drawn four years ago by Republican legislators and have been used in the past two election cycles, helping bolster GOP... Read More
For higher growth, think small
Remember the old tale about a drunk man crawling around under a lamppost? Dating at least as far back as 1924, the joke starts off with a police officer approaching the drunk to ask what he’s... Read More
Members of the "third house" shape public policy
When the loud thunk of the speaker's gavel hammered a legislative day to a close on a recent afternoon, most members of the state House began moseying off to late-day meetings or, if they were lucky... Read More
Will we invest in ourselves to create jobs?
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 30, 2015. It's the kind of announcement we've heard a lot lately, albeit bigger than most. Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company, will invest... Read More
Certificate of Need laws no longer needed
Health care in America isn’t a topic reserved only for the federal government. Debates over its future are playing out in statehouses across the country, including North Carolina’s. In Raleigh, it... Read More
Friday follies
Another budget deadline missed and bad news for teachers and state employees The state budget is now 59 days late. That makes it the second latest two-year state budget since at least 1961 and... Read More
Blaming everybody
When asked recently about what they thought about Donald Trump, focus group participants saw him as a leader who “kicks ass and takes names.” They like that he has been successful and that he... Read More
UNC Board was not pressured on Ross
From John Fennebresque in response to “At UNC, a session of Politics 101” (Aug. 25 editorial): Let me be clear: The UNC Board of Governors was never pressured in any way to replace University... Read More
