The 2015 session of the General Assembly doesn’t officially convene until next Wednesday but Republican legislative leaders have already set a troubling tone for the session with their decision to... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, January 7, 2015. As fuel prices are decreasing at a record rate, North Carolina’s gas tax actually climbed a penny on Jan. 1. Unfortunately, the new revenue... Read More
Projections about a mass teacher exodus in North Carolina sparked by Republican legislative policies not only have failed to materialize, but also turnover rates declined last year, according to an... Read More
I’ve been writing about media bias for 20-plus years, since that day in the early ’90s when the scales fell from my eyes and I saw what was happening in my chosen profession. I was managing editor... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory told an audience of business leaders this week that he has been hamstrung in recruiting businesses to the state because he didn’t know what incentives he could offer them... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 6, 2015. Last year the State Board of Education voted to grade high school students on a 10-point scale, putting them more in line with their peers in other... Read More
I’m a happy migrant to North Carolina, and I’m not alone. “Since 1971, North Carolina has grown faster than the nation every year,” Rebecca Tippett, director of Carolina Demography at UNC... Read More
Last week, yet another study claiming that expanding Medicaid in North Carolina will create tens of thousands of jobs was released and dutifully reported by the media. The findings of such studies... Read More
Excerpts of Chief Justice Mark Martin's investiture ceremony, published in News and Observer, January 6, 2015. Our founders clearly understood the importance of our courts, and that is why they made... Read More
At a White House meeting with President Barack Obama Tuesday, Gov. Pat McCrory raised the possibility of waiving federal rules on Medicaid expansion for North Carolina. McCrory met the president along... Read More
