North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory must thread a political needle in his State of the State address Wednesday night, between his instincts as a pro-business pragmatist and the GOP conservative base that... Read More
When Gov. Pat McCrory takes the podium during his second State of the State address Wednesday night, lawmakers and analysts expect jobs to be, well, Job One. "In the meetings that I've had with him... Read More
At the beginning of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, three grotesque witches enter the stage with thunder rumbling in the background. You may recall that the witches ending up chanting in unison: “Fair is... Read More
One score and four years after Bubba beat Poppy, another presidential election could be a showdown between the Republican First Family and Democratic First Family. We shouldn’t be surprised. It... Read More
North Carolina is experiencing the effects of a nationwide transportation funding crisis. Current estimates predict a $3.7 billion annual shortfall in the state’s transportation revenue during the... Read More
Leslie Goldfarb of Charlotte had been talking to two surgeons about knee surgery and worrying about her out-of-pocket costs. When she recently read about a new online database from Blue Cross and... Read More
The gap in bachelor-degree attainment between the nation's richest and poorest students by age 24 has doubled during the last four decades, according to a report released Tuesday. The percent of... Read More
Republicans in 2011 carved North Carolina into new districts from which public officials are elected, creating 170 areas for state lawmakers and 13 for members of Congress in a required effort to... Read More
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, February 2, 2015. State Treasurer Janet Cowell says state lawmakers have plenty of room to borrow money through bonds – as much $4.5 billion over the next five years. That... Read More
The theme of the first week of the General Assembly session could be summed up adequately with one word – "restoration." And not just because 170 legislators came back to town for the long... Read More
