Spin the wheel, win a judgeship
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 14, 2014. To name a new judge to the state’s second highest court for the next eight years, we are going to close our eyes and randomly pull a name out of a... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Newspaper market still diverse
Is the market for news and information in North Carolina overly concentrated in a few hands? In recent years, I’ve heard complaints from both the Left and the Right about the effects of media... Read More
Election year anxiety for seniors
When older people talk, politicians and election candidates usually listen – if they're smart anyway. That's because older people vote, which is why a new poll released this week by AARP North... Read More
DPI to cut more than 50 jobs serving struggling schools, infrastructure
by Lindsay Wagner, NC Policy Watch, August 14, 2014. The agency tasked with implementing the state’s K-12 public school laws and policies is coping with a 10 percent funding cut handed down by... Read More
The best lobbyists on earth
The other day Gary wrote, “For Democrats this election year, this legislature is the gift that keeps on giving. Maybe they’ll stay in session all the way to November” – considering by Speaker... Read More
Sort of against the Department of Education
It’s clear from his comments that he didn’t say he would eliminate the Department of Education," Jordan Shaw, campaign manager for Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis, said Tuesday in... Read More
A conservative alternative to the minimum wage
Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner documents a proposal from Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum that would lead to replacement of a government-mandated minimum wage. Douglas... Read More
Higher wages the key to escaping poverty
by Gene Nichol, UNC Center of Poverty, published in News and Observer, August 13, 2014. Evidence of North Carolina’s singular, and singularly unacknowledged, poverty crisis cascades. We’ve long... Read More
Home schooling rate accelerates in N.C.
North Carolina’s home schools are growing at a record rate and are now estimated to have more students than the state’s private schools. New figures from the state show there were 60,950 home... Read More
Unearthing more of the state budget details
The dust is still settling on the $21.1 billion budget signed into law earlier this month, with details still emerging about the lesser-known policy and funding changes buried deep in the 260-page... Read More
