Editorial by News and Observer, December 4, 2014. Researchers at Duke University recently established what North Carolina Democrats already know too well: The GOP-drawn redistricting maps are... Read More
The UNC system’s $2.57 billion budget request to the legislature for next year asks for a 1.9 percent increase, with a short list of priorities, such as research, an infusion for the state’s two... Read More
With all of the noise from the left and the right about possible voter suppression and voter fraud, North Carolinians deserve a thorough, nonpartisan and unbiased assessment of voting issues ahead of... Read More
Misplaced priorities on unemployment insurance symbolize the callousness of conservative policies If a person wanted to understand what’s wrong with North Carolina’s government these days and how... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 3, 2014. Advanced Placement U.S. History is not an introduction to the story of this nation, and should not be treated as such. The course requires that... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 3, 2014. The hallmark of John Skvarla's tenure as leader of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been customer service. That would have... Read More
The former academic adviser at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who publicly criticized the literacy of the school's athletes amid investigations into academic fraud said Wednesday that... Read More
The Triangle felt the brunt of the global restructuring now taking place in the pharmaceutical industry on Wednesday as GlaxoSmithKline announced plans to cut 900 jobs here. GSK, which has seen its... Read More
State officials on Wednesday launched a $2.5 million campaign to reduce underage drinking through sobering TV ads, a website to help parents talk to kids, and a series of school assemblies with Lt... Read More
I’m sure that the death of more young black males will occur at the hands of the police, but racism may not be the total story. As I watched a couple of businesses burning in Ferguson, Mo., I couldn... Read More
