It can happen at a wedding party. It can start as a graduation toast. It can escalate at the dinner table after a first glass of wine. Teens drink alcohol. Parents get arrested. It’s rare for adults... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, August 13, 2014. The broken record plays on: the Business 40 bridge over Liberty Street ranks No. 2 on AAA Carolinas’ list of the 20 worst bridges in North... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 14, 2014. To name a new judge to the state’s second highest court for the next eight years, we are going to close our eyes and randomly pull a name out of a... Read More
Is the market for news and information in North Carolina overly concentrated in a few hands? In recent years, I’ve heard complaints from both the Left and the Right about the effects of media... Read More
When older people talk, politicians and election candidates usually listen – if they're smart anyway. That's because older people vote, which is why a new poll released this week by AARP North... Read More
by Lindsay Wagner, NC Policy Watch, August 14, 2014. The agency tasked with implementing the state’s K-12 public school laws and policies is coping with a 10 percent funding cut handed down by... Read More
The other day Gary wrote, “For Democrats this election year, this legislature is the gift that keeps on giving. Maybe they’ll stay in session all the way to November” – considering by Speaker... Read More
It’s clear from his comments that he didn’t say he would eliminate the Department of Education," Jordan Shaw, campaign manager for Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis, said Tuesday in... Read More
Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner documents a proposal from Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum that would lead to replacement of a government-mandated minimum wage. Douglas... Read More
by Gene Nichol, UNC Center of Poverty, published in News and Observer, August 13, 2014. Evidence of North Carolina’s singular, and singularly unacknowledged, poverty crisis cascades. We’ve long... Read More
