Republicans and Democrats Both Back Education Savings Accounts Support for ESAs Is Bipartisan, Spans North Carolina and Crosses ideology Will Strong Support Lay Foundation for Legislation? Civitas... Read More
Throughout 2016 we’re going to be looking at the most competitive statewide and legislative elections in North Carolina. We’re going to start off with a preliminary analysis of the presidential... Read More
Advocates for workers on Thursday called on state lawmakers to reverse the cuts to unemployment benefits they approved three years ago. In 2013, when state businesses owed the federal government... Read More
It’s pretty messed up what North Carolina hospitals have to go through just to be able to own an MRI machine. That’s what we learned recently while sitting in a stuffy government building on the... Read More
University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings told chancellors of the 17-campus system this week that they need to abide by a new state law requiring people to use bathrooms that... Read More
Do you want Negroes using your toilet facilities?” Campaign flyer, Willis Smith for US Senate, 1950 Every time equal rights take a new step forward, opponents run for the bathroom. They’re doing... Read More
Here is something about Gov. Pat McCrory’s alleged Carolina Comeback that you don’t hear every day. Most of the jobs created in North Carolina in the last few years would have been created anyway... Read More
As the big business objections to House Bill 2 roll in, you have to wonder what the state’s top economic developers think about the legislation sparking debate across the country. So far, they have... Read More
Every day, I think about the success of Eastern North Carolina. It’s the first thing that crosses my mind in the morning, and my last thought at night. Sure, it’s my job as I lead the NCEast... Read More
A North Carolina bill, sponsored by State Rep. Rob Bryan, a Charlotte Republican, is poised to bring an achievement district to the Tar Heel State, a pilot effort to address the problems plaguing long... Read More
