NC's cash for jobs - at all levels
As the General Assembly continues talks on new corporate welfare – your state tax dollars doled out to whomever they deem the new “big thing”. It doesn’t stop there. Don’t forget your... Read More
NC Spin Articles
ECU Med school needs more funding
Administrators for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University say the state must increase funding for the medical school so it can keep cranking out family doctors for rural North... Read More
Chief Justice Martin to speak to Legislature
Legislators plan to invite N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin to speak to a joint session on March 4 - the first such speech in years. Sen. Tom Apodaca, a leading Republican from... Read More
More than ever, we need to support N.C. higher ed
by Richard Vinroot, former Charlotte Mayor and candidate for Governor, published in Charlotte Observer, February 23, 2015. Coach Dean Smith was my college coach, and a hero of mine and many others... Read More
The FCC should topple NC limits on public Internet networks
Editorial by News and Observer, February 22, 2015. This Thursday the Federal Communications Commission may improve North Carolinians’ chances of getting inexpensive, high-speed Internet access... Read More
A martyr to applause
If the recent review of campus-based centers by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors was all an elaborate ruse to silence a critic of state Republicans, it would probably qualify as the... Read More
Infrastructure needs will not wait
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, February 21, 2015. Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx swung through the Carolinas last week to press the local and regional... Read More
N. C. must be sensible about eminent domain
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, February 21, 2015. A state law making it easier to preserve land for roads has instead been a burden on owners of property in the path of some future highway. This... Read More
Local school districts submit plans for differentiated teacher pay pilot
Seventy five of North Carolina’s 115 school districts have submitted teacher compensation proposals to the General Assembly with the hope of participating in a pilot program that would reward highly... Read More
Bad bill of the week: Restore the Teaching Fellows program
Facing a $2.5 billion budget shortfall in 2011, the new Republican legislative majority eliminated $13.5 million in annual funding to the NC Teaching Fellows program. Now several legislators – all... Read More
