I’ve been a United Methodist preacher since 1952. All that time I have been married to the love of my life, who spent all of her working years teaching in the public schools of North Carolina. My... Read More
North Carolina public schools account for the largest segment of the state budget every year, but that slice of the budget pie has been shrinking for years. WRAL News reviewed budget numbers for the... Read More
The North Carolina Utilities Commission has started its process of setting solar energy rates for the next two years. It's a complex process involving weeks of hearings conducted like legal... Read More
by Lynn Bonner, News and Observer, July 8, 2014. Senate Republicans are willing to drop the requirement that teachers give up tenure to get 11 percent raises this year, a major concession in budget... Read More
The North Carolina Senate and House are holding low-key floor meetings this week with few or no recorded votes to give time to negotiators on the state budget and a handful of other bills to work out... Read More
Governor Pat (Stupid Hat) McCrory’s admonition worked! No deaths or injuries were reported from Hurricane Arthur after he went on television urging North Carolinians along the coast: “Don’t put... Read More
Environmental advocates who collectively speak for a large number of N.C. residents are outraged by the weakness of the proposed bill to address the state’s coal ash mess, its failure to protect... Read More
The legal fight over some of the more controversial provisions of North Carolina’s elections overhaul bill brought an array of arguments and a crowd of lawyers to a federal courtroom Monday. The U.S... Read More
A report Sunday in the Charlotte Observer about state subsidies being withdrawn for driver education in high schools misses a critical fact. The current program does not work. A lack of objectives... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 7, 2014. The sad thing in reading the (Raleigh) News & Observer’s important two-part series on the state’s Medicaid woes and the dysfunctional management of... Read More
