Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 2, 2014. Months of open hearings, public discussion and media analysis refine many notions that become state law. The end result may not be perfect, but this... Read More
On numerous occasions, I have visited the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh to observe the workings of the General Assembly. If you have never been there, here are a few things that might take... Read More
Summer is in sight for most North Carolina students, and while the majority can look forward to advancing to the next grade in the fall, thousands of students face the prospect of repeating third... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, June 2, 2014. Senate Republicans are hoping the third time’s the charm – but there’s nothing charming about their ploy to move the State Bureau of Investigation... Read More
The Obama administration’s plan to slash the carbon dioxide billowing from power plants relies more on operating efficiencies and low-polluting technologies than on shuttering coal-fired plants. The... Read More
North Carolina has a genuine teacher recruitment and retention crisis. But it has nothing to do with tales of teacher discontent spun by the mainstream media, special-interest groups, and teacher... Read More
Championed by First Lady Michelle Obama and passed in 2010, The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act was designed to provide more nutritious school meals for public school children. In North Carolina... Read More
Clarke Morrison, Asheville Citizen-Times, published in USA Today, June 2, 2014. State environmental officials plan to test for the presence of significant natural gas deposits in seven Western North... Read More
North Carolina Republican legislators unhappy that trial judges keep striking down laws they passed now want the rules of the game changed for future similar litigation. Democrats say their GOP... Read More
After November 2012, when Pat McCrory was elected North Carolina’s first Republican governor since 1992 and voters reelected a GOP majority in both legislative chambers for the first time since the... Read More
