As conservatives hammer Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan on the failures of the federal health care law, her chief Republican rival is getting squeezed from both sides of the political spectrum on the... Read More
by Leyla Santiago, WRAL.com, February 25, 2014. North Carolina's school voucher program is the state's latest assault on minorities, civil rights advocates said Tuesday. A Superior Court judge last... Read More
Despite teachers' concerns about its implementation, North Carolina public school educator pay raises ultimately will shift toward rewarding individual performance, a key state lawmaker predicted... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory's health agency on Wednesday planned to unveil its latest version of ideas on how to change North Carolina's $13 billion Medicaid health care system for about 1.7 million poor and... Read More
South Carolina is, in many ways, a wonderful state. I have spent countless vacations there. I know, like and admire many South Carolina natives. There are undoubtedly many things Tar Heels can learn... Read More
Adecision by a Superior Court judge last week to block a new school voucher law was met with howls of disapproval from school choice advocates. One of the sponsors of the law, Wake County Republican... Read More
Immigration, the newspaper says, is ‘bedeviling” Congresswoman Renee Ellmers. It’s also bedeviling Speaker John Boehner. And half the Republicans in Washington. It’s a knotty problem... Read More
The U.S. Senate is likely to vote next month on legislation that would help 28 million workers across the country and 21 million children. The bill would benefit more than a million workers in North... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, February 25, 2014. State Rep. Susi Hamilton supports the concept of enlisting private enterprise to help recruit businesses to North Carolina, but she objects to... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 25, 2014. A judge has blocked private school tuition grants, which appear to violate the N.C. Constitution's provision that state funding go exclusively to... Read More
