The state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, will be presented to six North Carolinians, including former Sen. Jim Broyhill and education champion and politician Howard Lee, both of... Read More
New and powerful report indicates we’ve been making things much too complicated It may be hard to believe in today’s world of trickledown, dog-eat-dog, “Trump-o-nomics,” but it was just a few... Read More
The search for a new UNC system president got a heck of a lot more interesting late last week. The name of the top candidate went public. The UNC Board of Governors fractured. And some of the state... Read More
Now that Chairman Fennebresque has revealed former Education Secretary Mrs. Spellings as his candidate for UNC President, let’s talk about her. First, she can be tough. And reforming higher... Read More
UNC Board of Governors Chairman John Fennebresque and Margaret Spellings, the top candidate to become UNC system president, left a recent “emergency" meeting of the board to meet with Gov. Pat... Read More
Years of federally driven testing reform and a botched rollout of sweeping, federally incentivized standards have tried the patience of the American people. On their minds now: Downsizing the federal... Read More
The gloves are off, and they’re naming names. McCrory administration figures have long made thinly veiled allusions to the Democratic governors who were in power when they say deals were made with... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 18, 2015. It is indeed fitting that the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce chose October to highlight the importance of manufacturing to the local and... Read More
The University of North Carolina's governing board met Friday to discuss the search for the next president of the 17-campus system despite complaints the process is being rushed and calls by... Read More
According to the latest federal statistics, North Carolina’s economy is surging and has become one of the nation’s pacesetters. This is not a political claim. It is simply a fact. If not for the... Read More
