Did Pat pick the right fight
Governor McCrory’s political instinct is right, but his choice of battlefield is puzzling. The Governor seems to understand that the best way to get reelected is to pick a fight with the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The quiet, life-saving success of the ACA
You’d never know it from the overheated political rhetoric of the Right these days, but thousands of people in North Carolina have been signing up for health care coverage since the new enrollment... Read More
Creative effort needed for small towns to rebound
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 21, 2014. Not so long ago, North Carolina was the nation's most industrialized state. But while other states created mega-cities as hubs of manufacturing... Read More
Obama moves ahead on immigration overhaul
President Barack Obama moved Thursday to halt deportations for nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants, defying congressional Republicans who called his unilateral action an affront to the... Read More
House Speaker to be nominated Saturday
The race to become one of the most influential players in North Carolina government comes down to the choice of 74 House Republicans in a closed-door meeting this Saturday in Randolph County. Six... Read More
Forbes: Wilmington, Raleigh, Asheville, Durham-CH are 'smart' cities
North Carolina has plenty of "smarts" outside of Raleigh - and the Triangle. The new Forbes' "America's Smartest Cities" report ranks Raleigh ranks No. 7 among the 51 largest cities with a... Read More
Coal ash cleanup to start, but oversight plan challenged
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, November 18, 2014. At last, Duke Energy has announced that next year it will begin relocating some of the 7 million tons of coal ash in ponds at the shuttered Sutton... Read More
Panel working on education standards must be funded
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 20, 2014. The GOP-dominated legislature spoke loud and clear in rejecting Common Core standards and establishing a commission to recommend a new curriculum... Read More
John Hood to become president of John William Pope Foundation
Press release from John William Pope Foundation, November 20, 2014. Longtime think tank leader and political commentator John Hood has been named president of the John William Pope Foundation, the... Read More
Will state law send redistricting maps back to the drawing board?
Much of the reporting last week on argument in the Alabama redistricting case before the U.S. Supreme Court focused on the bounds of permissible gerrymanders – and rightly so, given the novelty of... Read More
