In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court took a step toward weakening racial preferences in university admissions. Ed Blum is trying to end them for good nationwide, potentially starting at the University... Read More
For North Carolina political leaders, the usual way to assess the state’s overall health and progress has been to compare it to the other states of the southeastern U.S. For a variety of reasons... Read More
by Patrick Gannon, Capitol Press Association, The Insider, July 7, 2014. Of the three situations I can recall where agencies receiving large sums of taxpayer dollars wouldn't divulge employees... Read More
Editorial in Rocky Mount Telegram, July 5, 2014. All 50 states will begin to see cuts in federal transportation funding if Congress doesn’t act soon to reach agreement on how to pay for federal... Read More
The creation of an official Charlotte ID card is still only a proposal, but critics are already lining up, including a national political action group that claims the city’s plan will “aid and... Read More
The most important issue that will determine continued growth in the Lake Norman region in the coming decade is not tax rates, municipal codes, or teacher pay. It is roads. North Mecklenburg has the... Read More
Anyone who has ever driven on I-77 during rush hour knows the pain and frustration of being stuck on one of the most congested roadways in the state. The I-77 managed lanes project is an innovative... Read More
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
You see him and ask: ‘Why is the statue still here? What was it he actually stood for?’ This is the kind of debate that a public work of art makes possible. We won't change the way people think... Read More
The next time you see or hear a politician, policy analyst, activist, or journalist say that North Carolina’s unemployment rate has fallen “largely” because of workers dropping out of the labor... Read More
