NC Roads Are Getting Better
Don’t look now, but North Carolina’s long-maligned highway system is showing signs of significant improvement. Actually, do look now. Look at a just-released set of infrastructure grades from... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Some 'grandfathering' on teacher supplements is least legislature can do
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 3, 2013. There is a move afoot among Republican legislators to add some fairness to a bad decision made this year. North Carolina has long offered public... Read More
Veto overrides aren't the end of McCrory
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 5, 2013. A cynic might suggest that Gov. Pat McCrory prop his portrait in his office chair and take the next three years off. But it's not that bad. Yet... Read More
Republicans and the media
NC by Tom Campbell, Executive producer and moderator of NC SPIN, September 5, 2013. The mainstream media, in North Carolina and some national outlets, is taking North Carolina’s Republican... Read More
Meeker floats trial balloon for Governor
by Andrew Curliss, Under the Dome, September 5, 2013. Former Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker acknowledged Wednesday he is thinking about running for governor in 2016. Meeker told Dome he believes he is... Read More
A liberal's view of the legislative session
Editorial, The Beaufort Observer, September 5, 2013. You've no doubt read a great deal about the good, bad and ugly of the most recent legislative session. We've posted our share right here. But just... Read More
History and N.C. voting laws
To me, as a former educator, the attack on education being mounted by the Republicans in Raleigh is particularly alarming. As an example of how a lack of education can lead to wrong conclusions, I... Read More
McCrory turns his day around
Today started pretty badly for Gov. Pat McCrory. The state Senate convened early and took, oh, about five minutes to override his only two vetoes since taking office. The House had done the same... Read More
School spending suffered under Democrats
Today, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released “Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2010–11 (Fiscal Year... Read More
Comparing Unpopularity of McCrory, Perdue
by Michael Bitzer, WFAE, Charlotte, September 4, 2013. With the special legislative session to consider overriding Governor Pat McCrory’s vetoes, the final actions of this year’s “long session... Read More
