The state Court of Appeals on Friday released taxpayer money to hundreds of North Carolina families who had been awarded vouchers to send their children to private or religious schools. Superior Court... Read More
Another week, another set of problems identified at the state Department of Health and Human Services. This time it is a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture questioning DHHS oversight of... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 20, 2014. Moral Monday demonstrators have found themselves with unlikely legal allies: abortion opponents in Massachusetts. In June, the U.S. Supreme... Read More
by Anne Blythe, News and Observer, September 19, 2014. The Wake County district attorney announced Friday that he would dismiss all but about 50 cases against protesters arrested at the N.C... Read More
Like many people who have more years behind them than ahead of them, I regularly read the obituaries. First I look for people or families I know. Then I look for their ages. Then I look for the signs... Read More
North Carolina Congressman Robert Pittenger made headlines recently for suggesting that firing people from their jobs solely because they are gay is one of the “freedoms we enjoy” as Americans... Read More
This column has been on the list for awhile, and the longer it waits, the more examples of government corruption show up in media reports. Each time they do, the public gets a little more cynical... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 19, 2014. Republicans in the U.S. Senate saved the First Amendment last week. “I have to say it’s a little disconcerting to see the Democrat-led... Read More
Appointments to the Academic Standards Review Commission (ASCR) are now complete. They are: State Board of Education Appointments Bill Cobey – Chair, North Carolina State Board of Education Olivia... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, September 18, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory's proposal to borrow $1 billion to "kick-start" state transportation projects is notable for its potential to "kick-start" his... Read More
