A massive government overhaul of our health care delivery system continues to unfold, and the nation is embarking upon uncharted territory. Providers are fed up with reduced payments, spending more... Read More
A string of calls on voting rights came down from the nation’s highest court in rapid succession over the past few weeks, as the justices sorted through emergency requests for rulings on laws... Read More
Jim Goodnight runs the world's largest privately held software company with more than $3 billion in revenues and operations from China to Latin America. Yet the billionaire founder of SAS continues to... Read More
Here’s the worst thing about all those negative political ads on TV: They mirror our national psyche right now. You can blame the politicians and their consultants. But they’re giving you what... Read More
Here’s something that you haven’t heard enough about through the overwhelming din of the attack ads during this election season. Just three months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina has a... Read More
Just say Hunt-Helms to someone who’s watched North Carolina politics for a long time and you’ll get a reaction. Probably something like “ugh.” Or “disgusting.” The 1984 U.S. Senate race... Read More
In September, employers in North Carolina added 14,000 more payroll jobs than they cut (+0.3 percent), due entirely to hiring in the private sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded a... Read More
John Hood has sifted through the numbers associated with North Carolina’s latest employment report. He likes what he sees: RALEIGH — The latest federal employment report delivers excellent news... Read More
Thom Tillis is wrong. Kay Hagan has done plenty in the Senate. She has rubber-stamped President Obama’s major economic programs – including the trillion-dollar stimulus that failed to find... Read More
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis covered familiar ground in an appearance on a cable TV news show carried live Tuesday night: calling for fewer regulations and more security on immigration... Read More
