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
Editorial by News and Observer, February 2, 2014. Amid all the turmoil of the last several years involving academic scandal and athletics, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, February 2, 2014. State Sen. Phil Berger, the chamber’s president pro tem and one of the state’s most powerful politicians, made great show of backing a law to... Read More
The writing may well be on the proverbial wall when it comes to the collection of state and local sales tax from online sales. If so, it comes as no surprise that Congress will have put very few of... Read More
I’ve devoted several recent columns to the subject of unemployment insurance (UI) and North Carolina’s labor market. That’s because the topic is an important and timely one, both within... Read More
by Romy Varghese, Bloomberg, January 31, 2014. North Carolina’s Janet Cowell has some unusual qualities for a state treasurer: For one thing, she can say “running dog of a capitalist” in... Read More
Under the Dome, News and Observer, January 31, 2014. The state Department of Health and Human Services sent more of its workers into counties this week to help local staff clear their backlogs of food... Read More
