By the fall of 2015 more than 200 charter schools may be operating in North Carolina, responsible for the education of thousands of children across the state. Most charter school advocates see that as... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory is starting 2014 the way he spent much of 2013—by apparently making up facts to defend his unpopular policies. WRAL-TV reports that McCrory told Tom Campbell of NC SPIN this... Read More
One of the most interesting comments about this week’s announcement that Ricky Diaz was leaving his post as communications director of the scandal-plagued N.C. Department of Health and Human... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory is spending a lot of time these days talking about what he calls the “Carolina Comeback,” his political slogan for what he describes as the state’s economic recovery created... Read More
Twas the week before Christmas, in Raleigh and around the bend, There are many reasons to be glad that 2013 is about to end. It seems now like forever but it was just a year ago We wondered which Pat... Read More
The recent filing of a lawsuit against the state’s new private school voucher scheme by the NCAE and the N.C. Justice Center on behalf of 25 plaintiffs received a flurry of media attention—and it... Read More
One of the more interesting political battles in 2014 might come over state funding for the university system and calls for more tuition hikes to replace the deep budget cuts made in the last three... Read More
The various reactions to this week’s announcement of a small budget deal in Congress to avoid another shutdown of the federal government illustrate just how far how of whack the current budget and... Read More
The McCrory Administration continues its ill-advised efforts to privatize the state Medicaid system in the name of “reform.” This week a special Medicaid advisory committee heard from a consultant... Read More
When Governor Pat McCrory sits down in the next few weeks to consider his first year in office and gets around to listing his regrets about 2013 and his plans for 2014, both ought to start with the... Read More
