Parties in the Pitt County school desegregation case are back before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond this morning to argue their second appeal in three years, this time over a... Read More
Obama and the Republican Leaders in Congress are eyeball to eyeball over immigration with the President saying he’s done a fine noble deed to bring five million people out of the shadows and with... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, December 8, 2014. For years, the story of “two North Carolinas” has been a popular narrative among politicians hoping to win crossover appeal from voters... Read More
It is pretty clear that North Carolina hospitals are adamant about using the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) regulations to shield themselves from the free market. After all, what law better... Read More
Reporter Lynn Bonner and the News and Observer showed us once again why people have stopped buying newspapers: Reporters keep trying to make the news, not report it. That’s exactly what Bonner did... Read More
North Carolina's 2014 election season hosted a neck-and-neck Senate contest that featured record-shattering campaign spending. It was also just a warm-up for what's to come. In 2016, a year when only... Read More
Teachers, bail bondsmen, city governments and even the governor are on the roster of those who have sued the General Assembly over the past four years, all claiming the legislature overstepped limits... Read More
Thirty-four university-based centers and institutes will have the chance to make their case for continued support next week before a UNC Board of Governors panel reviewing them. The 34 include some... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 7, 2014. North Carolina Republicans have learned to love the lottery. The state legislature created the lottery in 2005 without a single Republican vote... Read More
Did Fagin’s pickpockets stimulate the economy of London? If you’ve read Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist or seen the musical derived from it, Oliver!, you immediately recognize the name. Fagin... Read More
