North Carolina’s boundaries for General Assembly and congressional seats were drawn four years ago by Republican legislators and have been used in the past two election cycles, helping bolster GOP... Read More
Remember the old tale about a drunk man crawling around under a lamppost? Dating at least as far back as 1924, the joke starts off with a police officer approaching the drunk to ask what he’s... Read More
When the loud thunk of the speaker's gavel hammered a legislative day to a close on a recent afternoon, most members of the state House began moseying off to late-day meetings or, if they were lucky... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 30, 2015. It's the kind of announcement we've heard a lot lately, albeit bigger than most. Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company, will invest... Read More
Health care in America isn’t a topic reserved only for the federal government. Debates over its future are playing out in statehouses across the country, including North Carolina’s. In Raleigh, it... Read More
Another budget deadline missed and bad news for teachers and state employees The state budget is now 59 days late. That makes it the second latest two-year state budget since at least 1961 and... Read More
When asked recently about what they thought about Donald Trump, focus group participants saw him as a leader who “kicks ass and takes names.” They like that he has been successful and that he... Read More
From John Fennebresque in response to “At UNC, a session of Politics 101” (Aug. 25 editorial): Let me be clear: The UNC Board of Governors was never pressured in any way to replace University... Read More
I appreciated the most recent broadcast and, in particular, the comments about unemployment and 5 contacts. Rob Christensen of the N&O had an excellent column explaining that the GA cut the... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 29, 2015. North Carolina’s Academic Standards Review Commission is doing a serious job of examining Common Core. That’s a relief after the Dump Common... Read More
