It is difficult to talk about race in our country, so all too often, we don’t. We ignore conversations about the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police until protests make the nightly... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, July 4, 2015. North Carolina's Republican governor and Republican legislature might not agree on everything, but they saw eye-to-eye on how to fix the state's ailing... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 6, 2015. A reader recently pointed out a beautiful thing: Chapter 143C of North Carolina state law. It's called, quite simply, the State Budget Act. Last... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 5, 2015. In an unsettling 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court last week blessed a lethal cocktail that has resulted in gruesome suffering in some executions... Read More
Matthew Philips documents for Bloomberg Businessweek the poor long-term outlook for Social Security’s disability benefits. An audit by the Office of the Inspector General released on June... Read More
A state trooper whose son was killed while driving drunk is now suing the businesses who supplied and served alcohol at a wedding party the teen attended before the fatal crash. The trooper and his... Read More
Despite a key win in the Supreme Court and pressure from liberal activists, North Carolina's legislative leaders said this past week that they have no plans to expand the state's Medicaid rolls... Read More
As the House and Senate negotiate the details of a new state budget, one of their biggest disagreements will be about taxes. Just to be clear: both chambers are led by conservatives who generally... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, July 3, 2015. Here are the first few and the last paragraphs of the Declaration adopted 239 years ago today. In Congress, July 4, 1776, The unanimous Declaration of... Read More
The state of North Carolina has begun its 2015-16 fiscal year with a continuing resolution instead of a budget. While it would have been better if lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory had inked a formal... Read More
