Reversing eight years of state policy, the McCrory administration is restoring requirements that able-bodied adults without dependent children must work to continue receiving food stamps in North... Read More
As North Carolina’s legislative session (presumably) winds down over the next couple of weeks, it seems increasingly unlikely that the cap on state spending growth and other provisions of the... Read More
The most entertaining interview I’ve heard with Gov. Pat McCrory had nothing to do with state politics — or very little at least. It was mainly about barbecue and football. And it was bizarre, but... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 8, 2015. Legislators opened a Pandora’s box of problems when they decided two years ago to tinker with North Carolina’s presidential primary date... Read More
Despite recent legislation easing some restrictions on the marketplace, North Carolina’s rate-setting structure for car insurance is little more than a government price-fixing scheme that hits... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 5, 2015. While taking their sweet time deciding how many North Carolina teachers' assistants can keep their jobs this year, our honorable legislators... Read More
North Carolina’s chief environmental regulator, Donald van der Vaart, said Wednesday that virtually all real estate in North Carolina east of Interstate 95 would lose value under the Environmental... Read More
Calling North Carolina’s school turnaround work “among the most ambitious in the nation,” Vanderbilt University researcher Gary Henry told members of the State Board of Education on Thursday... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 5, 2015. Kim Davis is not a woman being persecuted for her religious beliefs. She’s a public official who refused to do her job. That’s why the... Read More
When would a baptism in a small church in Wilmington be so important that it gets reportedin the newspapers? It happened in 1880 at Fifth Street Methodist Church and again at the same church 135 years... Read More
