Three days after North Carolina began taking applications for the state's new school voucher program, hundreds of families have entered the lottery, hoping to get the state to pick up part of the cost... Read More
With all the attention given to the Department of Health and Human Services this past year, it seemed inevitable that someone in a high-level policy role would ask the questions that Gov. Pat McCrory... Read More
The Republican response to the State of the Union address was delivered by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. – and it was remarkable for its lack of content. The closest she came to substance was... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 3, 2014. Economists have long known that cutting taxes for so-called “job creators” has done little historically to improve the economy. Why? Ask your... Read More
One of the more noteworthy developments of a new election year is the decision by the North Carolina Republican Party to try to use the Rev. William Barber, the state NAACP head, as a cudgel to beat... Read More
A new HPU Poll finds that 40 percent of North Carolina residents approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance while 37 percent approve of Gov. Pat McCrory’s job performance. Fifty-four... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, February 3, 2014. The McCrory administration is about to undertake an effort to review and assess state government with an eye toward reducing waste or wrongheaded... Read More
A group representing North Carolina teachers said Monday it is expanding efforts to fight a state law that phases out job protections in place for more than 40 years in favor of employment contracts... Read More
We have heard it time and time again. Teachers are demoralized, depressed, and dissatisfied. If lawmakers do not do something fast, then thousands of teachers will leave the state or the profession. A... Read More
