Governor Pat McCrory was all over the place in his State of the State speech Wednesday night in an address that was long and oddly disjointed, full of lengthy and detailed homespun anecdotes about... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, February 5, 2015. This page has often found reason to be critical of Gov. Pat McCrory, who often has seemed to have trouble exerting the leadership that characterized... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, February 5, 2015. Or not thinking. When you make a really stupid remark, just double-down on it and dig yourself a deeper hole. It’s bad enough when private... Read More
State lawmakers are weighing a proposal from American Airlines and other carriers to exempt them from millions of dollars in sales taxes on fuel, a request that could affect Charlotte’s status as... Read More
In 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly implemented an A-F school grading system for all public schools in the state. Two years later, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has... Read More
The Brody School of Medicine is in serious financial trouble after several years of incurring millions of dollars in losses. Just last year, Brody lost $14 million, due in large part to state... Read More
Anyone who has listened to him over the past two years knows it’s the little things that bug Gov. Pat McCrory: dry fountains, broken elevators, traffic jams. He was still talking about it in his... Read More
The first letter grades for public schools were released Thursday, showing a strong correlation between grades and wealth and immediately adding to a statewide debate about how public schools in North... Read More
A look at some states’ experiences with pairing a letter grade with a school When the Department of Public Instruction unveils A-F letter grades for all of North Carolina’s 2,500+ schools on... Read More
In his column this weekend, the News & Observer’s Ned Barnett wrote, “The Democrats have been vanquished, undone by their disorganization and lack of conviction and gerrymandered into... Read More
