House budget writers want to provide a one-time boost to a scholarship program that helps poor students attend private schools and restore funding for driver training. Members of the House budget... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 15, 2015. Last year’s Dan River coal ash spill was the result of repeated human failure. That was explicitly spelled out in a federal courtroom where Duke... Read More
The former director of the state office that manages Medicaid claims payments abused her authority by employing friends and family members who were not qualified for their positions, gave unjustified... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, May 12, 2015. Gov. Pat McCrory likes to joke about how hard the two Carolinas fight over jobs, and how S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley once quipped, “May the best woman win... Read More
Pat McCrory will likely run for reelection next year as governor of North Carolina against longtime Attorney General Roy Cooper. Both men are capable candidates who will run skillful, well-funded... Read More
When he was speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, now-U.S. Sen. Sen. Thom Tillis was fond of pointing to "the conservative revolution" that has taken hold in Raleigh over the past... Read More
by Ken Smith and Matthew Burns, WRAL, May 13, 2015. The "Moral Monday" protest movement returned to the General Assembly on Wednesday, with at least 10 demonstrators winding up in zip-tie handcuffs as... Read More
In 2014, more than 14,800 children spent time in foster homes in North Carolina, with nearly 10,000 remaining in care at the end of the year. Not too many years ago, 23-year-old Marcella Middleton was... Read More
There’s been a great deal of back and forth inside the Raleigh beltline in recent days about the state revenue surplus that state leaders announced last week. To the hardliners on the Right, the... Read More
School choice remains a top education priority for the Republican-dominated North Carolina General Assembly. While much of the focus this legislative session has been on stabilizing and expanding... Read More
