PPP's final North Carolina poll of the year finds Pat McCrory and Roy Cooper right where they've been all year- in a toss up. McCrory has the 44/42 advantage this month. Going back to February the... Read More
Most college students do not belong in college. I am not by myself in this assessment. Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson said, “It’s time to drop the college-for-all crusade,” adding... Read More
The North Carolina Association of Educators announced Wednesday that it will back Democratic candidate Roy Cooper for governor in 2016, It's highly unusual for advocacy groups to endorse a candidate... Read More
Legislation that supporters say will significantly reduce federal control of local classrooms and has drawn support from congressional lawmakers on opposite sides of the political spectrum — U.S... Read More
Republican and former Rep. Robert Brawley says he will file this morning to run against Governor Pat McCrory in the March 15 gubernatorial primary. “We need to be more transparent in the way we run... Read More
America’s mass murder crisis is a terrifying phenomenon. It’s gotten to the point at which the supposedly freest country in the world has become, in some horrifically depressing ways, a... Read More
Good news for job seekers: You can expect more "Help Wanted" signs in the New Year. A surge in hiring could push the U.S. unemployment rate "below 4 percent," something not since 2000 as companies... Read More
by Dan Way, Carolina Journal, December 9, 2015. North Carolina residents could receive a larger personal income tax exemption if the General Assembly’s 2016 short session follows the lead of state... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory last week pleaded with parents across North Carolina to talk to their children about underage consumption of alcohol. “This is an issue that we’ve got to tackle at the kitchen... Read More
A year ago, the sky was falling in North Carolina — fiscally speaking, I mean. During the latter part of 2014, liberal editorialists and Democratic operatives repeatedly predicted that the state... Read More
