I have a big idea for North Carolina Republicans. They want to give teachers a raise. They want to give them a raise because they know it’s laughable to suggest a starting statewide base salary of... Read More
Fiscal conservatives think government is too large, costs too much, and tries to do too much. Fiscal liberals think government is too small, spends too little, and doesn’t try to do enough. This is... Read More
Republicans made great hay in 2010 and 2012 over then-ongoing investigations of Democratic politicians, like John Edwards, Mike Easley and appointees of Bev Perdue. Suddenly the shoe is on the other... Read More
State lawmakers are quickly advancing legislation during the current legislative session to repeal North Carolina’s previous adoption of the Common Core Standards in education. Unfortunately, the... Read More
Since the early 1970s, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center (formerly Pitt County Memorial Hospital) have sustained a unique relationship that is... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 16, 2014. The coal-ash train in Raleigh is moving again, and in the right direction. A Senate bill, which had its first committee hearing on Monday, proposes a... Read More
by Civitasreview Online, June 16, 2014. The Moral Monday protesters want to barge into the legislature whenever and however they want. But they themselves insist on conducting their meetings the way... Read More
I grew up seeing the production trucks line my neighborhood. I can trace my age by the seasons of “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill” that were being filmed down the street from my home... Read More
hree companies will bring a combined 3,900 new jobs to York and Chester counties, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley announced Monday in the Palmetto State’s biggest job-recruitment day in recent memory. Two of... Read More
More than a dozen clergy members on Monday delivered petitions containing about 30,000 signatures to the state Department of Justice building, calling on Attorney General Roy Cooper to stop defending... Read More
