Metros dominate NC economy
North Carolina is a vast state, nearly 54,000 square miles from Manteo to Murphy. But most of its economy is jammed into a handful of metropolitan cities and counties, like Raleigh. The seven largest... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Community colleges play pension games
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 19, 2013. Tony Zeiss is a major asset to Charlotte and the region and he deserves a generous pay package. But the way he and other community college... Read More
How the GOP Should Fix ObamaCare
Editorial by The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2013. Republicans are the only ones who can fix President Obama's broken promise now. The problem is simply stated. Millions will be losing their... Read More
Scary numbers
This poll might make Democrats wonder if Obamacare’s problems go way beyond the botched rollout, broken promise and bug-filled website. The Gallup Poll says that, by 56-42, Americans believer... Read More
The scramble on the right continues
The folks on the Right are scrambling these days with their political narrative and talking points about the state budget that the Republican General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory came up with... Read More
NC GOP leaders spend big on private lawyers
Editorial by News and Observer, November 19, 2013. At long last North Carolina’s Republican leaders have a jobs-creation plan that really works. Unfortunately, it applies only to lawyers and... Read More
Problems remain with NC’s Medicaid payment system
State officials said the troubled Medicaid billing system NC Tracks is operating more smoothly, but lawmakers said it still has significant problems. Doctors, hospitals and others who treat Medicaid... Read More
Blue Cross NC to raise individual rates by as much as 24% on reinstated health plans
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said Tuesday it will raise rates as much as 24 percent on 2013 individual health insurance plans that are being extended next year. The increase is double... Read More
Conservatives Need to Step Up to Improve N.C. Education
There’s nothing worse than a complainer — except a complainer who expects someone else to solve a problem. So I have a challenge for conservatives who, with good reason, rail against the state of... Read More
The real reasons insurers are canceling policies
Now that President Obama has said it's OK with him if insurance companies keep their policyholders in health plans that don't meet the standards established by the Affordable Care Act, at least for... Read More
