The General Assembly has managed to make just about everybody mad since Republicans took control in 2011. A PPP poll in June showed only 18 percent of voters approve of the legislature’s performance... Read More
I always want my students to start with facts, and the fact is Thom Tillis is terrible for education in North Carolina.” That’s the beginning of a pointed TV ad featuring Chapel Hill teacher... Read More
by Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch and NC SPIN panelist, September 12, 2014. Long-embattled DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos was on the hot seat again this week, facing questions from state lawmakers about... Read More
North Carolina’s budget year is a mere two months old and already there are annoyances that could be signs of huge problems in a few months. Total general fund revenues are $200.4 million short... Read More
by Melissa Reed, Planned Parenthood, published in News and Observer, September 12, 2014. Politicians trying to take away no-copay birth control have a huge image problem on their hands. It turns out... Read More
No one could talk Gary McDermott out of teaching. The 29-year-old is drawn to the profession and he's determined to stick with it. "Some people say they wouldn't recommend this to anyone. But I try... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory is starting 2014 the way he spent much of 2013—by apparently making up facts to defend his unpopular policies. WRAL-TV reports that McCrory told Tom Campbell of NC SPIN this... Read More
Saying it would be “counterproductive and a waste of taxpayer money,” Gov. Pat McCrory announced Friday that he would not call the legislature back to Raleigh as many have asked him to do. The... Read More
By this time next month, a private, nonprofit corporation will have opened its doors at a small office building in Cary with a big mission — recruiting jobs to North Carolina and promoting the... Read More
A shadowy terrorist group with Dark Ages savagery and Digital Age media savvy beheads two journalists and posts a video. So – 13 years to the day after 9/11 – we’re off to war! Talking TV... Read More
