A troubling trend toward secrecy
Suspicion of all things government-related is a fundamental tenet of the Republican Party and generally a valuable one. History demonstrates that the public must keep a vigilant eye on government and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
McCrory to veto charter schools bill over salary records
Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday said he will veto the charter school bill if the legislature approves it, over a provision that would keep secret how much employees are paid. “We need transparency of... Read More
McCrory embraces 'reverse logrolling' as cost-cutting tool
The two chambers of the General Assembly have been unable to agree on their budget adjustments for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which begins Tuesday. Until they do, the administration of Gov. Pat McCrory... Read More
Spending money to save money
The irony was unmistakable.In a recent legislative committee meeting, House and Senate lawmakers peppered an official in Gov. Pat McCrory's administration with questions about money the state is... Read More
The haves and have-nots of employment tenure
After years of rejecting progressives’ class warfare argument about “the haves” and the “have-nots,” I’m a bit embarrassed to acknowledge they’ve been right all along. Not only that, I... Read More
NCAA reopens investigations of academic misconduct at UNC
Amid years of questions surrounding the relationship between athletics and academic fraud at UNC-Chapel Hill, the NCAA is reopening its investigation at UNC, the university announced on Monday. UNC... Read More
GOP didn't see this one coming
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 29, 2014. Something tells us our Republican friends in the N.C. General Assembly didn’t see this one coming. Once they took control of the legislature, GOP... Read More
Stark budget choices
Every year at the General Assembly members of the majority party in the House and Senate describe the budget put together by their chamber’s leaders as the best possible budget for North Carolina... Read More
Talking instead of posturing would help N.C.
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 30, 2014. Deadlines in politics have a way of being ignored, usually at additional cost to the governed. That's the case with North Carolina's budgetary... Read More
N.C. shines in national election spotlight
Political pundits across the nation are watching closely this year as North Carolinians prepare to head to the polls to decide whether first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will keep her job... Read More
