In releasing details of its new Obamacare-related health insurance premiums Thursday, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina posted on its website the following chart. The chart documents a wide... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, September 6, 2013. One criminologist, commenting on the state Department of Justice report that overall crime in North Carolina was down for the fifth year in a row... Read More
The Common Core State Standards for career and college readiness have been the subject of much debate across the nation and in North Carolina. As our children go back to school, it’s important to... Read More
Unlike most states, where a governor shares a state capitol building with the state legislature, there is a physical remove between North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s office and the building in which... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 5, 2013. Susie Yeuell was twice bitten – first by a feral kitten and then by the billing department of New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where she had... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 5, 2013. Voter suppression has no place in a 21st century democracy. This week, several efforts to suppress the votes of college students were rightly... Read More
The Governor climbed into the ring with the State House Monday morning and thirty minutes later he was lying sprawled flat on his back on the canvas then, the next morning, he climbed back into the... Read More
Editorial from Greenville Daily Reflector, September 4, 2013. North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon A. Decker recently told The Daily Reflector the state’s ability to meet the needs of emerging... Read More
The News and Observer’s Lynn Bonner digs in a little deeper to the ongoing pay and personnel issues at the Department of Health and Human Services, this time looking at the pay for a “senior... Read More
About a year ago, we introduced the term, "Hartmann's Law," on NCSpin. The definition of Hartmann's Law is: Never create more enemies than you can handle at the time. Hartmann's Law is the political... Read More
