Editorial by News and Observer, January 19, 2014. First the question was whether some athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were academically qualified. Now the question is... Read More
With the retirements of Democrat Mike McIntyre of Lumberton and Republican Howard Coble of Greensboro, we are seeing the continued extinction of the congressional moderate. North Carolina is, polls... Read More
Not too long ago, everyone was declaring American politics a lost cause for progressives. The religious right supposedly had a stranglehold on elections. Then it was the tea party that had the... Read More
After months of negative publicity about computer glitches in her department, Health and Human Services Sec. Aldona Wos apologized for a massive data-privacy breach that occurred at the end of... Read More
North Carolina political consultant John Davis says he sees a Kay Hagan-Thom Tillis showdown in the U.S. Senate race and expects Tillis to win. In his recent subscriber-only Political Report, Davis... Read More
President Obama continues his slide, as only 40% of North Carolina voters approve of the job he’s doing, compared to 54% who disapprove. The 14% gap is up from an 11% gap in December, when voters... Read More
The newspaper reporter asked if North Carolina’s Senate Primary was going to be the next litmus test of the Tea Party’s political muscle – and as fast as he could Greg Brannon’s campaign... Read More
Time has run out for the luxury of scholarly debate over replacing the Bonner Bridge, which provides access to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands – for residents, visitors, services, supplies... Read More
If you want to understand why the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission made a mistake this week by allowing fracking companies to keep secret the chemicals they pump into the ground, take a glance... Read More
by Jane Stancill and Dan Kane, News and Observer, January 17, 2014. Chapel Hill leaders on Friday presented a detailed refutation of the data used by a learning specialist to claim that some... Read More
