Recently the respected web site Education Next highlighted a new study by Sarah Cordes of Temple University which looked at charter schools and their spillover effects on neighboring non-charter... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, reprinted in Wilson Daily Times, January 25, 2018. This looks like one of the worst kinds of legislative give-and-take: Give state funding to a family business of a... Read More
If government gives you a cash handout or a “free” service and you are capable of working, studying, or providing service to the community in exchange for your public assistance, should you be... Read More
A special legislative committee studying constitutional changes to the way North Carolina selects judges would be wise to leave things alone. That’s the view of a national expert on judicial... Read More
Amazon has narrowed its hunt for a second headquarters to 20 locations, concentrated among cities in the U.S. East and Midwest. Raleigh was among the 20 finalists, as was Toronto, keeping the company... Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the decision of a lower court ordering North Carolina lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional districts by next week. A panel of three federal judges... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 18, 2018. State law gives the N.C. Historical Commission the authority to accept or approve monuments, memorials and works of art. The 11 members... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 17, 2018. There’s a good reason why former Greensboro Mayor Bill Knight doesn’t see his neighbor and state representative, Pricey Harrison, around that... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 16, 2018. It was a surprising to see last week that North Carolina is one of the state’s seeking a federal exemption that would allow it to require... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 18, 2018. The judges got it right: Give North Carolina’s Republican gerrymandering team another break and we’ll end up in the same mess we’ve been in... Read More
