UNC funding request
Back in 2000 or 2001, a state legislator named Art Pope was waiving around a list in a House committee meeting, demanding that the Democrats in charge take note. The list contained expenses paid by... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The next crisis
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 9, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory is coming around on coal ash ponds. Unfortunately, it took a major spill into the Dan River to demonstrate the problem and prompt... Read More
Higher education is reinforcing not reducing inequality
Is higher education actually making inequality worse? When the GI Bill of Rights of 1944 made colleges accessible to veterans regardless of socioeconomic background, Robert Maynard Hutchins, the... Read More
Nearing enrollment's end, lots of North Carolinians still uninsured
With two weeks left to enroll in health insurance for 2014 through the Affordable Care Act, tens of thousands of uninsured residents in North Carolina could face penalties if they don’t meet the... Read More
Remote medicine tests doctor licensing rules
Demand for doctors – whether in person or via a computer screen – is expected to surge as millions more Americans become insured under the Affordable Care Act. About 10 million people already rely... Read More
Dark money comes to light
Call it a ray of light, albeit a seemingly accidental one, into the world of dark money and policy making. It was the spring of 2013, and lawmakers were busy drafting more than 1,700 bills, including... Read More
New state economic development group falls outside of ethics laws
The new public-private group that will run North Carolina’s business recruiting and economic development efforts won’t be subject to North Carolina’s ethics laws, the set of rules requiring... Read More
McCrory's reform to support teachers
McCrory’s reform to “support teachers” Governor Pat McCrory told the N.C. Chamber this week that his top two priorities were to reform education to “support teachers” and to invest more in... Read More
Duke CEO: Customers should pay ash pond costs
Duke Energy expects its 3.2 million North Carolina customers to pay the costs of closing its ash ponds, CEO Lynn Good said Friday. Duke is preparing a response to Gov. Pat McCrory’s request last... Read More
Mountain man Martin Nesbitt, gone too fast
When I started covering the North Carolina General Assembly for the Greensboro Daily News in March of 1977, I noticed state Rep. Mary Nesbitt, D-Buncombe, right away. Might have been because I have... Read More
