Medicaid work rules are needed
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
NC Spin Articles
Judicial expert says partisan elections best way to choose judges
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
Raleigh makes the cut for Amazon HQ2
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
Supreme Court blocks redraw of NC Congressional map
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
Monuments hold a protected place
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
Action and inaction
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
Work exemption may mean Medicaid expansion
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
It's time to halt redistricting gamesmanship
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
Until we talk about race we're all dead in the water
There is a slide inside the Durham Public Schools report on suspensions that I suppose is meant to reassure folks. Ninety-two percent of DPS students received no suspensions last school year, it says... Read More
The Pearsall Plan revisited
In the wake of the Brown v. the Board of Education decision in 1954 that ruled segregated schools are unconstitutional, Southern states started looking for ways around the decision. In North Carolina... Read More
