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
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
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
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
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
