Tweak, don't dump Common Core
Editorial by Durham News-Herald, April 29, 2014. The Common Core educational standards adopted by nearly every state are caught up in a political storm and fury that has forged unusual alliances and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Big money attack turns Supreme Court race ugly
Four years ago, Superior Court Judge Eric Levinson issued an extraordinary order. He overturned the jury’s guilty verdict in a burglary case against a man whose conviction would have made him a... Read More
Palin endorses Jones' opponent for Congress
One of this year's few endangered Republican incumbents is not a "moderate," or an establishment figure, or a lover of TARP. He's Rep. Walter Jones, a 10-term congressman who turned hard against the... Read More
Triangle jobless rate increases, worrisome trend in the middle
The Triangle unemployment rate edged up in March despite the region adding 3,700 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis during the month. The jobless rate increased two-tenths of a percentage point to... Read More
McCrory changing the funding formula for higher education
Before speaking further, the governor acknowledged he was stepping on some toes. With the president of Methodist University sitting next to him and the chancellor of Fayetteville State University in... Read More
Will the road formula stick?
Last year Gov. Pat McCrory and the General Assembly managed to accomplish something that many longtime legislative observers thought was highly improbable if not impossible: a substantial rewrite of... Read More
Tillis breaks open NC Senate primary
PPP's newest Republican Senate poll finds Thom Tillis breaking away from the pack and in a very strong position to avoid a runoff election: he's at 46% to 20% for Greg Brannon, 11% for Mark Harris... Read More
NC families pay $1,397 per month for health insurance
North Carolina families faced another 4.6 percent increase on employer-based health insurance premiums this year. That compares to an increase of 2.7 percent in 2013, though is a smaller increase than... Read More
State lawmakers pressure public universities
State lawmakers around the country are brandishing their budget pens to penalize public colleges and universities for what they teach, what their professors say and which organizations the schools... Read More
Voters will whittle field in Supreme Court race
When voters go to the polls for the May 6 primary, the U.S. Senate race will not be the only statewide contest on the ballot. But they might have a little more trouble recognizing the names in the... Read More
