Political experts say the Republicans who want a shot at taking on Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan in November still haven’t done much to distinguish themselves from one another. And that’s after... Read More
UNC-Chapel Hill just can’t get out of the academic fraud tar pit. The harder the school struggles, the stickier it gets. First UNC got a new chancellor. Then a new vice chancellor for... Read More
President Obama Vows Zero Tolerance on Gender Wage Gap,” read one headline. Another read, “Women Still Earned 77 Cents On Men’s Dollar In 2012.” It’s presumed that big, greedy corporations... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 22, 2014. For two months running, North Carolina's unemployment rate has bested the national average. That's a place we are much more comfortable than where we... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, April 22, 2014. From the beginning, nearly three years ago, when Mary Willingham spoke out about a tutoring program for athletes that was steering some to easy classes... Read More
In March, employers in North Carolina added 19,400 more payroll positions than they cut (+0.5 percent), due entirely to growth in the private sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded... Read More
by David Ranii, News and Observer, April 22, 2014. A blistering report on the management of the state’s $87 billion pension fund commissioned by the State Employees Association of North Carolina... Read More
Duke Energy’s top North Carolina executive told state lawmakers Tuesday that digging up coal ash from disposal sites across the state and trucking the industrial waste to modern landfills, as... Read More
The first televised debate Tuesday night reflected both a high-stakes Senate GOP primary race that is fluid and a party that is struggling to define itself. State House Speaker Thom Tillis, who has... Read More
Where are America’s economic hotspots? If you answer that question based solely on what politicians or pundits say, you might well get it wrong. You might have gotten the impression, for example... Read More
