Reforming the Carolina way
Editorial by News and Observer, September 7, 2013. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reviewed two reports last week that spoke to what must change to better balance athletics and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Frustration grows as DHHS stumbles
Editorial by Ned Barnett, News and Observer, September 8, 2013. As Gov. Pat McCrory’s newly appointed secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, Aldona Wos gave a speech to... Read More
Media doesn't report true premium costs for new health insurance plans
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
Crime rate drops...again
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
Business leaders support common core
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
McCrory’s bumpy first year comes at Republican hands
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
Patients need, and will soon have, a better way to compare health costs
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
State Board of Elections decisions turn back voter suppression
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
A Heart Attack?
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
Community Colleges key to new markets
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
