Jan. 14 brings a new legislative session and a fresh slate to the General Assembly, when old wounds should be healed, old habits forgotten. But if not, here are five ways that Republicans and... Read More
by Mike Walden, William Neal Reynolds professor of Economics, NC State, published in Durham Herald-Sun, January 3, 2015. Economists receive much attention at the beginning of a new year... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 5, 2015. Debates over allowing and regulating the hydraulic fracturing process to search for natural gas in North Carolina drew a furor last year. Some... Read More
Amid lobbying from superintendents and families, state education leaders will consider allowing current high school students to take advantage of a new grading scale that will make it easier to get... Read More
North Carolina lawmakers will return to the state capital later in January with a lengthy agenda, including taking another crack at Medicaid reform, considering a $1 billion highway bond, and tackling... Read More
Pretty much as soon as the polls closed on Election Day 2014, the political prognosticators began laying bets on what will happen by Election Day 2016. At the national level, attention quickly focused... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, January 3, 2015. When the N. C. General Assembly meets Jan. 14 to kick off this year’s legislative session, Tim Moore of Kings Mountain is certain to be elected House... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, January 3, 2015. The political context as the General Assembly prepares to reconvene this month is not unlike the situation in Washington. The chief executive must show... Read More
Some of the state’s highest-paid government retirees are benefiting from a supplemental fund set up by state lawmakers in 2013 so the retirees can receive pensions that otherwise would be too high... Read More
Every year I get out my crystal ball and make my predictions of what will happen in politics and government during the coming year. The fact that I am often wrong has never stopped me before and I see... Read More
