The Research Triangle Foundation is planning to unveil a project on Monday that it says will be “the centerpiece of RTP’s plans for an innovative future.” The foundation, the entity that... Read More
I watched the President’s pep rally er, State of Union Address last night, mostly because I had to. I’ll be on a couple of television news shows this week and I figure they’ll want to talk about... Read More
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, January 29, 2014. State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson spent Tuesday morning on the hot seat at a Joint Government Oversight Committee hearing, where... Read More
Throughout the debate of a sweeping voter ID and elections law bill, Republican supporters said it was an attempt to restore public confidence in the election process. Democrats, at the state and... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 31, 2014. State Sen. Bill Rabon isn't known for stomping on puppies. Quite the opposite, actually: When he's not working as a lawmaker, Rabon is a... Read More
The number of North Carolinians possessing little or no savings rose again in 2013, this time to 51.5 percent, according to a report released Thursday by the Corporation for Enterprise Development... Read More
If University of Chicago economist Bruce Meyer and Notre Dame economist James Sullivan are correct, much of the recent political chatter about the 50 anniversary of the War on Poverty was little more... Read More
Here are two things you need to know about this week’s news that the state unemployment rate fell half a percentage point in December to 6.9 percent and is down 1.5 percent since December of... Read More
When legislators passed sweeping election law changes last year, they said they wanted to ensure integrity in the voting process, not suppress votes. But unanswered questions in the law create... Read More
