Raleigh vaults to No. 1 from No. 3 a year ago on the latest "Best Places for Business and Careers" report from Forbes magazine. The 16th annual survey cites lower business costs, the broad level of... Read More
The latest chaos associated with Obamacare could have an impact on North Carolina. A ruling yesterday by a federal court was a major jolt to the health care law. A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, July 23, 2014. The Annie E. Casey Foundation is in the business of looking out for the interests of children, particularly poor children, and uses periodic data to... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, July 23, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory and Republican legislative leaders are facing an issue that will test their governing and budgeting ability. The Charlotte Observer... Read More
Students in N.C. charter schools earned higher reading and math scores in 2011 than their counterparts in traditional public schools, while the charter schools got less money for doing it... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, July 23, 2014. Colleges and universities are facing more and more scrutiny these days over the value of the education they provide and the degrees they grant. That is... Read More
Art Pope’s critics often accuse him of “buying the State of North Carolina.” If he did, he got it cheap. The Washington Post this weekend published its obligatory profile about the mild... Read More
Having lost its grip on political power in North Carolina, the state’s Democratic Party has the chance to prove its mettle by helping Kay Hagan retain the Senate seat she won in 2008. But internal... Read More
The latest PPP poll shows incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan growing a lead over Republican State House Speaker Thom Tillis. Hagan leads Tillis 41/34 with Libertarian Sean Haugh receiving 8% of... Read More
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get a news release from some partisan source that says a) that Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan is too left-wing to represent North Carolina or b) that GOP Senate... Read More
