Officials from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia met privately Thursday with federal regulators and groups funded by oil and gas companies to discuss plans for drilling off the Atlantic... Read More
Months ago, as the 2014 election cycle was shaping up as a good one for Republicans, North Carolina Democrats resolved to buck the trend. They had a great deal of help — from a friendly news media... Read More
The provost was heartbroken, the former faculty Chairwoman felt betrayed, and the poor tenured lambs on the faculty felt humiliated which, at the faculty meeting, bred a fervor not unlike a foot... Read More
Anybody who says they knew this was coming – Democrat or Republican, pundit or pollster – is lying,” a veteran campaign operative said Wednesday The polls all missed it. Close races turned... Read More
by Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch and NC SPIN panelist, November 6, 2014. The folks on the Right are still celebrating the big Republican victories around the country and in North Carolina Tuesday... Read More
A good way to describe the final result of state House and Senate races across North Carolina this week is “anticlimactic.” “Boring” might be another way to look at the big picture, although... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, November 6, 2014. Fresh from watching his Republican Party emerge victorious in Tuesday's state and national elections, Gov. Pat McCrory sounded like a seasoned... Read More
A divide over same-sex marriage that has split magistrates in North Carolina may be deepened by a federal court ruling Thursday that says courts should not compel states to approve such unions. Within... Read More
Last year’s column “Dishonest Educators” reported on the largest school cheating scandal in U.S. history. In more than three-quarters of the 56 Atlanta schools investigated, teachers changed... Read More
Leaders of the state’s university system are midway through a review of the academic centers and research institutions at 16 campuses across the state, a process that could lead to cuts and... Read More
