North Carolina said goodbye to trailblazing women and minorities this year. Here are some prominent North Carolinians who made a mark in government and politics who died in 2014. F.V. Pete Allison of... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, December 29, 2014. In politics as in life, there are rules. And then there are the unwritten rules that often prove far more troublesome. One of the latter is that... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 29, 2014. The new year swiftly approaches with its annual opportunity to start fresh — or not, depending on your state of mind or maybe just your... Read More
Last month, I got a call from my daughter. A senior at Winston Salem State, I could hear from her first breath that she had news. “I got in!” she told me, “I start teaching in August!” Leah... Read More
Last week in this space, your humble @NCCapitol blogger demonstrated a pretty clear lack of predictive power by pointing out the things last year's state politics forecasting column got wrong. So... Read More
In 2014, "coal ash" became a household term, some state lawmakers wanted to gamble on extra lottery revenues to help balance the budget and Gov. Pat McCrory touted the "Carolina Comeback." Here's a... Read More
Editor’s note: During the holidays, NC Policy Watch is taking a look back at 2014 by featuring some of our top news stories and commentaries from the past 12 months. We hope you will enjoy them and... Read More
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, December 26, 2014. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan are sitting in a duck blind in Mississippi. Scalia turns to Kagan and says.… It sounds... Read More
After four years of heated debate, North Carolina stands on the cusp of lifting its fracking moratorium and opening the state’s woodlands and meadows to shale gas exploration. The state legislature... Read More
I know Christmas Day has come and gone, but we ought to try to retain the holiday spirit as long as we can. That’s why I’m urging compassion for a downtrodden group that doesn’t often receive it... Read More
