'Kay' and 'Speaker Tillis'
Candidates and their advisers spend a lot of time during debate prep thinking about how to address their opponent, so it was no happenstance that Tillis called Hagan “Kay” and she called him... Read More
NC Spin Articles
A costly blunder
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 6, 2014. North Carolina’s Republican leaders made a shortsighted decision in 2013 to reject Medicaid coverage for more residents. A new report by... Read More
If I were in charge of the special session
More groups keep coming out urging Gov. McCrory to call a special legislative session to expand corporate welfare programs, along with extending targeted tax credits, especially the credits for the... Read More
Constructive conservatism at work in NC
Democratic politicians and liberal activists in North Carolina are frustrated. When Republicans won the legislature in 2010 and began implementing conservative reforms, the Left pushed back forcefully... Read More
Bold, brave moves for education in NC
Let us be bold. Let us be brave. Let us be together. These words, spoken by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, can equally apply to the monumental steps the N.C. General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory took this... Read More
Meet Lee Roberts, Art Pope's replacement as budget director
With N.C. Budget Director Art Pope stepping down from his post effective Sept. 5, his replacement for the job, Raleigh banker Lee Roberts, says he is already getting settled in. Roberts has been... Read More
The pathetic reaction to startling injustice
The release from prison this week of Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, two Robeson County half-brothers wrongly incarcerated for 30 years for a rape and murder they did not commit, has made national and... Read More
Health insurance execs: Costs are going up
Increased patient engagement, more collaboration with providers and the continued move toward paying for quality, not just quantity, are a recipe for helping control health care costs over the long... Read More
New scoring test scale helps NC school students' scores
Public school students’ standardized test performance took a giant leap this year, largely helped along by a new scoring scale that makes the tests easier to pass. The statewide overall passing rate... Read More
He said, she said
The Senate race is all about sex. It is Supportive Mommy against Stern Daddy. And the debate may make me amend my rule about how the most comfortable, confident and commanding person in the room... Read More
