Holey budget, Batman
North Carolina’s budget year is a mere two months old and already there are annoyances that could be signs of huge problems in a few months. Total general fund revenues are $200.4 million short... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Over-the-counter birth control proposal a meaningless political ploy
by Melissa Reed, Planned Parenthood, published in News and Observer, September 12, 2014. Politicians trying to take away no-copay birth control have a huge image problem on their hands. It turns out... Read More
Fewer NC students aspire to teach
No one could talk Gary McDermott out of teaching. The 29-year-old is drawn to the profession and he's determined to stick with it. "Some people say they wouldn't recommend this to anyone. But I try... Read More
Another maddening misstatement by the governor
Governor Pat McCrory is starting 2014 the way he spent much of 2013—by apparently making up facts to defend his unpopular policies. WRAL-TV reports that McCrory told Tom Campbell of NC SPIN this... Read More
McCrory won't call special session
Saying it would be “counterproductive and a waste of taxpayer money,” Gov. Pat McCrory announced Friday that he would not call the legislature back to Raleigh as many have asked him to do. The... Read More
Many unknowns as private organization takes over job recruiting
By this time next month, a private, nonprofit corporation will have opened its doors at a small office building in Cary with a big mission — recruiting jobs to North Carolina and promoting the... Read More
Rush to war
A shadowy terrorist group with Dark Ages savagery and Digital Age media savvy beheads two journalists and posts a video. So – 13 years to the day after 9/11 – we’re off to war! Talking TV... Read More
Be calm, don't worry
Back in 1939 (when a varmint was on the loose) there was hardly a mother, father or wife around who felt enough fear or saw any good reason to send their sons or husbands to Europe to fight what... Read More
The problem is the leaking ponds, not the commission
Raleigh was abuzz this week with the decision by Governor Pat McCrory to let the coal ash legislation passed by the General Assembly this summer become law without his signature. McCrory told a... Read More
The death penalty, luck and innocence
In the aftermath of the freeing last week of two wrongfully convicted North Carolina inmates, one from death row, the views of two Robeson County district attorneys who played central roles in the... Read More
