More than three-quarters of teachers in North Carolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools met state goals for student gains on test scores, though CMS fell slightly under the state average on new... Read More
Governor McCrory walked into Reid’s Fine Food and ran head on into a cook who proceeded to tell him what he thought of the Governor’s politics; then, the way the cook tells it, the Governor... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 19, 2014. The Great North Carolina Food Stamp Crisis has ended - or so it appears. Low-income residents are getting the help they need to buy food. And the... Read More
Norris Tolson, who as president and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Centeremphasized how the life sciences industry adds North Carolina jobs, has created yet another job opening – his own... Read More
As I reflect upon this year’s Emerging Issues Forum, “Teachers and the Great Economic Debate,” the word “grit” keeps coming to mind. As 1,300 people gathered to discuss the best ways for... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, February 19, 2014. More than three decades ago, an oil-filter ad introduced a phrase to Americans: “You can pay me now or pay me later.” It noted that regular... Read More
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory literally suited up for his first big natural disaster crisis last week – shedding his coat and tie and donning a green work shirt with an emergency management logo... Read More
A day before tens of thousands of people gathered for a protest march in the state capital, the head of the state Republican Party, Claude Pope, called a news conference to conduct his own protest... Read More
The other day down at the News and Observer ole Rob Christensen wrote about how Republicans in Raleigh are cocksure there’s not a chance they’ll lose their majorities in the State House and... Read More
Supporters of privatizing public education with a voucher program say that parents need vouchers to give them more educational choices because many low income students are “trapped in failing public... Read More
