As part of legislation repealing the controversial Common Core academic standards in North Carolina public schools, a new state commission began the process Monday of reviewing math and English... Read More
In a few years covering the Legislature, I don't recall hearing the words "dead" and "moose" uttered together in any legislative meeting. It happened last week. Embattled Health and Human Services... Read More
While Gov. Pat McCrory says he won’t call the General Assembly back into session to push through an economic incentives package, he left the door open for calling lawmakers back to Raleigh if a big... Read More
The way the President figures it the Iraqi army’s going to supply the ‘boots on the ground’ to whip ISIS but the other day, up in Congress, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said half the Iraqi... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, September 21, 2014. The N.C. General Assembly’s failure to put together a comprehensive economic development incentives program was a discouraging shortcoming to... Read More
Judy Wilburn isn't running for office, but she's been making regular television appearances many viewers would say are aimed at swaying their vote in the U.S. Senate race. The veteran teacher appears... Read More
North Carolina’s unemployment rate is now higher than it was in January. The rate, 6.8 percent for August, has gone up each month since May. There were 29,000 fewer people on the job in August... Read More
In August, employers in North Carolina added 12,500 more payroll jobs than they cut (+0.3 percent), due largely to hiring by local governments. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded a rise... Read More
How's this for a headline on a blog post: "Charlotte: Silicon Valley of the South" So declares the Charlotte Chamber at its website. Leaders from across the Queen City are gathering today for the... Read More
Not surprisingly, the new study Economic and Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Development Offshore the DelMarva, Carolinas and Georgia by Dr. Timothy J. Considine, the School of Energy Resources... Read More
