Inside the war rooms
In the state where President Obama had his closest win in 2008 and his closest loss in 2012, why wouldn’t the U.S. Senate race be tight as a tick? Carter has posted a great series of blogs about... Read More
NC Spin Articles
American schools are training kids for a world that doesn't exist
Are Americans getting dumber? Our math skills are falling. Our reading skills are weakening. Our children have become less literate than children in many developed countries. But the crisis in... Read More
Profit sharing
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 18, 2014. When a power company gets a tax break, are its customers entitled to share in it? Yes, the N.C. Utilities Commission said in May. No, it said... Read More
True cost of HS diploma in NC is $150,000; no correlation between spending and results
A new study released yesterday by the Civitas Institute evaluates government education spending and academic results across all local school districts in NC. A few key findings from the study include... Read More
DENR: Nothing improper in way Chip Hagan's stimulus grant was handled
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is taking heat over money that her husband’s company received as part of the federal economic stimulus grant in 2010. Thom Tillis, Hagan’s Republican challenger in the U.S... Read More
Justices allow Texas use of new voter ID law
The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election. A majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the Justice... Read More
Funding healthcare in the N.C. budget
In honor of Healthcare Solutions Week, I wanted to share with you some information about North Carolina’s Health and Human Services budget. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is... Read More
Two more reminders of the damage to public education
You have to give folks on the Right credit for one thing this election season. They are going all out to mislead people in North Carolina about the damage done to public education by the General... Read More
Where's the fight in the North Carolina Democratic party?
by Gene Nichol, UNC professor, published in News and Observer, October 16, 2014. It is impossible to miss the fact that an election approaches. Commercials launch from every corner and platform. You... Read More
School vouchers: A second look at fraud and abuse
Since our last look at the rampant fraud and abuse of school voucher programs around the country, North Carolina has implemented its own voucher program that provides low-income students with funds... Read More
