Out of power and embroiled in turmoil once again, the state Democratic Party is seeking to fill a leadership void this weekend as it struggles to remain influential in a key election year. The party... Read More
Fair warning: I may be about to bore you to distraction.Is there any more potent political issue in North Carolina than education? Probably not. As allies of the teachers union, Democrats hope to ride... Read More
Back in 2000 or 2001, a state legislator named Art Pope was waiving around a list in a House committee meeting, demanding that the Democrats in charge take note. The list contained expenses paid by... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 9, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory is coming around on coal ash ponds. Unfortunately, it took a major spill into the Dan River to demonstrate the problem and prompt... Read More
Is higher education actually making inequality worse? When the GI Bill of Rights of 1944 made colleges accessible to veterans regardless of socioeconomic background, Robert Maynard Hutchins, the... Read More
With two weeks left to enroll in health insurance for 2014 through the Affordable Care Act, tens of thousands of uninsured residents in North Carolina could face penalties if they don’t meet the... Read More
Demand for doctors – whether in person or via a computer screen – is expected to surge as millions more Americans become insured under the Affordable Care Act. About 10 million people already rely... Read More
Call it a ray of light, albeit a seemingly accidental one, into the world of dark money and policy making. It was the spring of 2013, and lawmakers were busy drafting more than 1,700 bills, including... Read More
The new public-private group that will run North Carolina’s business recruiting and economic development efforts won’t be subject to North Carolina’s ethics laws, the set of rules requiring... Read More
McCrory’s reform to “support teachers” Governor Pat McCrory told the N.C. Chamber this week that his top two priorities were to reform education to “support teachers” and to invest more in... Read More
