Gov. Pat McCrory’s failure to follow protocol in selecting the new poet laureate of North Carolina has thrown the typically peace-loving literary community into a furor of what some might call epic... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 13, 2014. Orlando Hudson, chief resident Superior Court judge in Durham, believes that the conviction of Darryl Anthony Howard 19 years ago for two murders and... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 12, 2014. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder said last week that he will take time to consider the arguments offered about changes to the state’s voter... Read More
Two weeks after the start of the 2014-15 fiscal year, the North Carolina House and Senate still haven’t reached an agreement on adjusting the state budget. If you’ve been around the General... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 13, 2014. Medicaid is too important and expensive not to get right. North Carolina leaders are set to make changes in Medicaid delivery — but they don’t... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, July 12, 2014. It’s unknown what the final state budget will look like, but two things are certain: It will include a surplus of bitterness and a deficit of trust... Read More
The calls come sporadically, but their message is consistent. They’re calls from exasperated conservatives. What they ask for is “balance” in our editorials, but what they really want is... Read More
Having covered North Carolina legislatures since the 1970s, I have come to the conclusion that budget negotiations could be resolved much more quickly with one simple solution. No one should be... Read More
What on earth do you do when a eight-year-old lands on your doorstep? I heard two spokesmen on the radio today with answers – the first told a story of a lone girl, one of the border children... Read More
Despite the federal court hearing in Winston-Salem this week, most North Carolinians aren’t protesting the election law changes enacted by the state legislature and Gov. Pat McCrory. Yet. More... Read More
