House budget faces uncertain future
An unusual coalition of 12 liberal Democrats and 11 conservative Republicans comprised the only formal opposition to the $22.1-billion General Fund budget passed around 1:15 a.m. May 22 by the state... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The messages sent by coal-ash penalty
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, May 22, 2015. Duke Energy is going to pay, and pay heavily, for its admitted negligence regarding coal ash lagoons and the environmental disasters that occurred... Read More
Putting Memorial Day in proper perspective
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, May 23, 2015. As Americans honor on this Memorial Day those who died for freedom, many will pay their respects more by exercising that freedom than by pausing... Read More
The folly of celebrating a budget that doesn't make things worse
One of the most telling parts of the long debate on the House budget Thursday night and early Friday morning came in a discussion over an amendment offered by Rep. Marilyn Avila to end tax credits for... Read More
Rough year so far for fourth estate
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, May 20, 2015. We’re not even five months into 2015 and it has been a rough, rough year for journalists — and those who play them on TV. The highest-profile... Read More
Brody school of medicine worthy investment
There is not much use debating the value of preventive health care. Science and data show us that it’s better for our physical, emotional and financial health to live a healthy lifestyle than to... Read More
NCAA again cites UNC athletics
For the second time in five years, the NCAA on Friday delivered a Notice of Allegations to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The notice is expected to outline NCAA findings about so... Read More
Seven (of many) reasons why the House budget falls short
Every state budget is a mixed bag of decisions that make sense and decisions that don’t, vital programs that receive needed funding and vital programs that are underfunded or even ignored. Many... Read More
What a fiasco
First the UNC Board of Governors couldn’t tell us why they fired UNC President Tom Ross. Now, they don’t even know what they want in a replacement. That’s what came out of a meeting of a BOG... Read More
House touts some good education ideas
N.C. House Republicans are voting this week on their 2015-17 biennial budget proposal. School-based personnel are among the big winners. Although I agree that other parts of the House budget are... Read More
