Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 21, 2015. The General Assembly began this year's session in January. The fiscal year ended on June 30. We're three weeks into July and still without a budget... Read More
by Brian Balfour, Civitas review online, July 21, 2015. Today's News & Observer has an article featuring the NC Biotechnology Center – noting that the Senate's budget proposal would eliminate... Read More
A new report released Tuesday ranks North Carolina in the bottom half of states in the health and well-being of children, a higher percentage of whom now live in poverty. As of 2013, one in four... Read More
The clock is ticking on Gov. Pat McCrory and his bond referendum idea. The first-term governor wants voters to decide this November whether the state should borrow billions of dollars for... Read More
Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure. And not grass alone; but soils, seeds, and seasons – hedges, ditches, and fences... Read More
For all the understandable attention devoted to removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House, a civil rights struggle with far more practical consequences is playing out one state... Read More
An expert testified Friday that state Republican legislators intentionally crafted North Carolina’s election law in a way that would disproportionately burden black and Hispanic voters, a charge... Read More
Texas, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New York, and North Carolina are in an exclusive club. Can you guess its membership policy? I’m not talking about these states’ contributions to the recent fields... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, July 18, 2015. Demonstrations were staged in cities across North Carolina on Thursday, including Greenville, calling on Gov. Pat McCrory to produce a plan for... Read More
North Carolina will hold its 2016 presidential primary on March 15 under a deal struck by House and Senate leaders late Friday. The tentative measure, which guts the material dealing with paper... Read More
