Time has run out for the luxury of scholarly debate over replacing the Bonner Bridge, which provides access to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands – for residents, visitors, services, supplies... Read More
If you want to understand why the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission made a mistake this week by allowing fracking companies to keep secret the chemicals they pump into the ground, take a glance... Read More
by Jane Stancill and Dan Kane, News and Observer, January 17, 2014. Chapel Hill leaders on Friday presented a detailed refutation of the data used by a learning specialist to claim that some... Read More
Doctors in North Carolina cannot be forced to show women ultrasound images and describe them in detail before performing an abortion, a federal judge ruled Friday. The decision was lauded by civil... Read More
A couple of weeks ago the News & Observer published a story that got folks stirred up over how the head of the Raleigh Housing Authority was making $280,000 a year and wining and dining his board... Read More
Pat McCrory looked this week like a man urgently pushing the reset button. Like a politician who desperately wants to change course before he goes off a cliff. So first he talked about teacher pay... Read More
Thousands of long term laid off workers in North Carolina have simply given up looking for a job and dropped out of the labor force and folks like the N.C. Chamber and the Pope Civitas Institute... Read More
by Dan Kane, The Charlotte Observer, January 17, 2014. UNC-Chapel Hill announced Thursday evening that its research review board had suspended whistle-blower Mary Willingham’s work on the literacy... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday that President Barack Obama's visit to North Carolina this week gave him the opportunity to talk about energy exploration and clear the air about case backlogs within... Read More
The latest from the troubled state agency responsible for getting food stamps to eligible recipients is that a program backlog is being caused by more than just glitches in a new computer system. No... Read More
