N.C. House Republicans on Saturday selected Rep. Tim Moore as their nominee for House speaker, one of the most powerful political positions in state government. The Republican caucus selected Moore, a... Read More
All American politics today – the battle over immigration, the election two weeks ago and even legislative elections in North Carolina – is all about Barack Obama. Presidents always dominate... Read More
Reaction continues to President Obama’s executive orders on immigration that will allow five million undocumented immigrants, most of them parents of children who are American citizens, to come out... Read More
The commission that accredits UNC-Chapel Hill is raising new concerns about its integrity, saying that the university “was not diligent” in providing information about an academic fraud scandal... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory spiked the economic football Friday, pointing to a dropping unemployment rate and a milestone number in North Carolina's job report. "North Carolina has now recovered all of the... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, November 15, 2014. When a convict goes to prison, he loses his freedom, but he does not lose his humanity. And he should not lose his life. Michael Anthony Kerr lost... Read More
The Governor sent a letter to Thom Tillis and Phil Berger taking the legislature to task for asking for an independent audit of the Department of Health and Human Services. Then the next day, when... Read More
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
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
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
