Education's broad value
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, July 23, 2014. Colleges and universities are facing more and more scrutiny these days over the value of the education they provide and the degrees they grant. That is... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Where's the Democrats' Art Pope?
Art Pope’s critics often accuse him of “buying the State of North Carolina.” If he did, he got it cheap. The Washington Post this weekend published its obligatory profile about the mild... Read More
Hagan sidesteps Democratic Party turmoil
Having lost its grip on political power in North Carolina, the state’s Democratic Party has the chance to prove its mettle by helping Kay Hagan retain the Senate seat she won in 2008. But internal... Read More
Hagan widens lead on Tillis
The latest PPP poll shows incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan growing a lead over Republican State House Speaker Thom Tillis. Hagan leads Tillis 41/34 with Libertarian Sean Haugh receiving 8% of... Read More
Neither Hagan nor Tillis is a winger
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get a news release from some partisan source that says a) that Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan is too left-wing to represent North Carolina or b) that GOP Senate... Read More
Medicaid match
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 23, 2014. In his first year as governor, Pat McCrory often said he was stepping on toes of both Democrats and Republicans. Few Republican toes seemed to be... Read More
Tax proposal would put local governments between a rock and a hard place
Plans to finance both public education and transit at the local level would be stopped in their tracks under the version of legislation (House Bill 1224) that emerged from the state Senate Finance... Read More
What's the plan on incentives?
For a couple of years now, we've heard that the Republicans who control the General Assembly want to stop "picking winners and losers" and eliminate as many of the tax credits, loopholes, special... Read More
State taxpayers taken for a ride
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 21, 2014. Ever wonder about all the nooks and crannies where your tax dollars go? Here’s one a lot of people don’t even know about. It will likely have you... Read More
