A mayor for governor?
Maybe it’ll be Charles Meeker. Or Nancy McFarlane. Or one of their successors. Whoever, a mayor of Raleigh will be Governor. And soon. The Raleigh media market is huge, reaching maybe as much as... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Why NC needs small banks
The United States is suffering from a severe over-concentration of banking assets. Currently, 50 percent of all banking assets and deposits in America are held by just 10 banks. This has made those... Read More
UNC President: Lighten the load for student athletes
University of North Carolina President Tom Ross says easing the transition to college for student-athletes could help improve their academic performance. Ross spoke this week with the Knight... Read More
Legislators take a second look at teacher tenure law
Legislators aren’t backing down on eliminating teacher tenure, but they are rethinking a key requirement of the law — awarding new contracts and bonuses to teachers who give up the extra job... Read More
Mixed messages in first jobs report for 2014
In January, employers in North Carolina eliminated 7,200 more payroll positions than they added (-0.2 percent), due almost equally to job losses in the private and public sectors (-3,700 and... Read More
Medicaid reform a test of McCrory's leadership
In the early days of the 2013 General Assembly session, just a few weeks after the inauguration of Governor Pat McCrory, leaders of the state Senate were rushing a bill through the chamber to refuse... Read More
Is the state's economy turning the corner?
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, March 17, 2014. For the first time in a long time, signs for the economy in North Carolina are sort of good. That was the word last week from John Connaughton, an... Read More
Legislature shouldn't let corporate lobbyists write state law
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, March 18, 2014. Thanks to dogged reporting by the Associated Press, we now know just how active Duke Energy lobbyists have been in crafting state law. According to... Read More
NC Supreme Court races now open to a lot more money
Millions of dollars were spent in North Carolina’s one Supreme Court election in 2012. Four seats are up before the voters this year. How much more money will flow in the race to buy our highest... Read More
Dumb claims about political smarts
One of the cheapest shots in politics is to claim that only the unschooled and ignorant could possibly side with the other team. Both Democrats and Republicans make the claim about the other party... Read More
