Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 3, 2014. As Nash County commissioners and Nash-Rocky Mount school board members wrangle over how much money local schools should receive in the 2014-15 budget... Read More
A plan by the McCrory Administration to privatize the state’s economic development efforts is barreling through the General Assembly despite no compelling case for the drastic change, big unanswered... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 5, 2014. The way North Carolina children learn is in hot debate. At the heart of the issue is an effort to repeal the Common Core curriculum, which sets... Read More
North Carolina Democratic Party efforts to organize African American Caucuses in all 100 counties brought the state party chairman and caucus president to New Bern this week with tough words to... Read More
Staying with the untested Common Core education standards, which 45 states are using, is somehow being “competitive”? Yes that is what Lew Ebert, president and CEO of the NC Chamber... Read More
For 16 months, we have worked diligently with the governor, the General Assembly and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a well-reasoned plan to reform our state’s Medicaid system... Read More
North Carolina's General Assembly approved tweaks to state reading mandates for third-graders Thursday, and they now await approval from the governor. The House agreed Thursday to the Senate's changes... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory said the Republican-driven bill to repeal the Common Core education standards “is not a smart move,” using his strongest language yet to warn against an effort pushed by... Read More
from an Editorial in Pittsburg Post-Gazette, published in Charlotte Observer, June 5, 2014. Two months ago, 412 medical school graduates learned they would not have a place in the residency programs... Read More
It was a day of blind courage and resolve, a day like no other – before or since. In the gray of first light on June 6, 1944, 70 years ago today, Army medic Walter Dickens of Monroe prayed to... Read More
