The world according to Rucho
Phil Berger, the Eden Republican and state Senate president pro tem, is the state’s most powerful lawmaker and likely its most powerful politician. But if you want to talk to the state’s super... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Admission officials pressured to admit athletes into graduate programs
Michael Waddell had a low grade point average, no entrance exam score and was months past the deadline when an athletic official sought to have the football player admitted to UNC’s graduate school... Read More
GOP divided over Primary date
Next year it will have been 40 years since North Carolina Republicans made history by saving the political career of California Gov. Ronald Reagan. Reagan’s upset over President Gerald Ford – the... Read More
Friday follies
McCrory snubbed again by legislative leaders An interesting moment in the political world in Raleigh came in between this week’s two bouts of winter weather. The Republican leaders of the General... Read More
Inconsistent tax policy
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 28, 2015. Tax breaks for movie productions and historic property renovations are out. Tax breaks for more data centers are in. The North Carolina... Read More
Gene Nichol: Work of the Poverty Center will go on
by Gene Nichol, Director UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, published in News and Observer, February 27, 2015. I have no words to match the gratitude I feel for the astonishing support the... Read More
UNC BOG chair explains decision to close centers
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is committed to ensuring North Carolina has the best public university system in America. North Carolinians have good reason to be proud. UNC... Read More
UNC governors vote to close 3 university-based centers
As nearby protesters chanted slogans about freedom and democracy, the UNC Board of Governors voted Friday to close three university-based centers as part of a sweeping review of institutes across... Read More
State judge allows voter ID lawsuit to proceed
The lawsuit in state court over North Carolina's voter ID law will proceed, but a Superior Court judge refused to strike down the law out of hand. Judge Michael Morgan made public Friday an 11-page... Read More
NCs tax shift continues
State lawmakers are targeting cash-strapped homeowners as they continue to pursue tax changes that would shift even more of the tax load to low- and middle-income taxpayers, while preserving tax... Read More
