One emerging theme of this General Assembly session as it reached its midpoint with a flurry of questionable decision making early Thursday morning before the crossover deadline is the extent to which... Read More
North Carolina Democrats are starting to get a bit nervous about the lack of a US Senate candidate. 2016 could be a good year for Democrats, the first in awhile. The Republican-led legislature and... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, May 2, 2015. When Gov. Pat McCrory came to Greenville in October to announce the expansion of an existing pharmaceutical manufacturing plant — to generate... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro Daily News, May 3, 2015. Several hours into its marathon floor session Wednesday and early Thursday, state representatives debated a bill that would overhaul how teachers are... Read More
Last September, Gov. Pat McCrory started talking about his grand vision to remake drab downtown Raleigh government buildings into vibrant swaths of apartments, stores and offices, calling it Project... Read More
Executive summary of Elon University Poll, published April 29, 2015. Nearly two-thirds of North Carolina registered voters don’t think businesses should be able to refuse services to people who are... Read More
Charter schools increase segregation – that’s the flawed conclusion of a recent National Bureau of Economic Research report by three Duke University Professors: Helen Ladd, Charles Clotfelter... Read More
McCrory takes unannounced trip to California before crossover deadline Last weekend as the crossover deadline in the General Assembly was approaching with scores of controversial bills up for grabs... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, April 30, 2015. As a reader writes elsewhere on this page today, industries spend a great deal of time assessing the quality of an area’s business climate, labor... Read More
Among the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill there are two quite different views of the university’s recent athletic/academic scandal. One powerful element of the faculty... Read More
