Wage inequality issue not as simple as gender
President Obama Vows Zero Tolerance on Gender Wage Gap,” read one headline. Another read, “Women Still Earned 77 Cents On Men’s Dollar In 2012.” It’s presumed that big, greedy corporations... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Not everything's rosy, but jobs numbers are a positive sign
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 22, 2014. For two months running, North Carolina's unemployment rate has bested the national average. That's a place we are much more comfortable than where we... Read More
At UNC, the messenger is gone, the message remains
Editorial by News and Observer, April 22, 2014. From the beginning, nearly three years ago, when Mary Willingham spoke out about a tutoring program for athletes that was steering some to easy classes... Read More
NC Labor market delivers more of the same
In March, employers in North Carolina added 19,400 more payroll positions than they cut (+0.5 percent), due entirely to growth in the private sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded... Read More
SEANC report harshly criticizes State Treasurer Janet Cowell
by David Ranii, News and Observer, April 22, 2014. A blistering report on the management of the state’s $87 billion pension fund commissioned by the State Employees Association of North Carolina... Read More
Removing coal ash from all 14 Duke Energy sites could cost $10 billion
Duke Energy’s top North Carolina executive told state lawmakers Tuesday that digging up coal ash from disposal sites across the state and trucking the industrial waste to modern landfills, as... Read More
First US Senate debate reflects fluid race in NC
The first televised debate Tuesday night reflected both a high-stakes Senate GOP primary race that is fluid and a party that is struggling to define itself. State House Speaker Thom Tillis, who has... Read More
Putting NC growth in perspective
Where are America’s economic hotspots? If you answer that question based solely on what politicians or pundits say, you might well get it wrong. You might have gotten the impression, for example... Read More
Primary meddling
Democrats are no doubt playing in the GOP Senate primary, but some of the parallels being drawn may be exaggerated. Rob Christensen compared Democrats’ strategy against Thom Tillis to what... Read More
Tillis is fighting on two fronts
Thom Tillis has a problem. Tillis is running in a primary this spring. So is Kay Hagan, the incumbent Democratic U.S. senator whom he hopes to eventually unseat. Tillis, the Republican state House... Read More
