Last week we learned that federal prosecutors have charged Duke Energy for crimes related to Duke’s irresponsible storage of coal ash, which resulted in last year’s spill of 39,000 tons of the... Read More
House leaders rolled out a plan Tuesday to drop the state gas tax to 36 cents per gallon in April and keep it from falling below 30 cents in July. And they promised to decide – this year – how to... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, March 2, 2015. North Carolina’s legislators are likely to be reminded on Wednesday why they haven’t invited the chief justice to deliver State of the Judiciary... Read More
Thank you for reading this column. It’s not just that I appreciate your interest in what I have to say. I appreciate the fact that you are reading this publication at all. According to a recent set... Read More
Defunding the Poverty Center is just one small part of a bigger plan for higher ed Last week’s decision by the UNC Board of Governors to dissolve three small academic centers at UNC Chapel Hill... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 3, 2015. The Student Success Act replaces No Child Left Behind with “conservative reforms to restore local control and stop top-down education mandates... Read More
It’s the height of ivory tower elitism for professors to defend the UNC Center on Work, Poverty and Opportunity. It’s the height of absurdity to analogize closing the center with the censorship of... Read More
Controversial bathroom provision removed before City Council’s final vote After a contentious meeting on Monday, Charlotte City Council voted down the most controversial ordinance it has considered... Read More
Freezing rain and black ice contributed to a 13-car pile-up and many other wrecks around the Triangle Sunday morning, leaving some drivers to complain that the accidents could have been avoided if the... Read More
For someone who listens to many General Assembly debates, it's refreshing when the most contentious votes don't come down precisely along party lines. That's what happened last week in a Senate debate... Read More
