Some teachers in North Carolina will get a raise next year. That seems like a foregone conclusion. The questions now are how big the raise will be and which teachers will get it, how will Governor Pat... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 28, 2014. House Speaker Thom Tillis, Senate President pro tem Phil Berger and 11 other Republican legislators have a novel attitude about their standing in... Read More
by Thomas Sowell, Real Clear Politics, January 28, 2014. During a recent lunch in a restaurant, someone complimented my wife on the perfume she was wearing. But I was wholly unaware that she was... Read More
Over the course of 2013, employers in North Carolina added 64,500 more payroll jobs than they cut (+1.6 percent), due entirely to hiring in the private sector. Yet both the absolute number of jobs... Read More
North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in December, its lowest level in more than five years, but Tuesday's news came with signals that the rapid fall was related to thousands of... Read More
While North Carolina has refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and many politicians continue to complain about the federal health exchange, the roll-out of Obamacare in N.C. tells a... Read More
I agree with liberals on many issues, especially on the separation of church and state. Religion can be a vital force in our personal lives, but it has no place in politics. This is why the Rev... Read More
by Patrick Gannon, The Insider, published in Charlotte Observer, January 29, 2014. Citing a desire to get it right, state commerce officials are slowing down the planned move of the job recruiting and... Read More
On the eve of the president’s State of the Union speech, Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina on Monday offered a plan to repeal Barack Obama’s signature accomplishment, the... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 27, 2014. The federal government is losing its patience with North Carolina’s administration of the food stamp program, and so should North Carolina’s... Read More
