In the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, a recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters shows that two-thirds of them still support the traditional view of marriage. Sixty-four percent... Read More
Four separate reports – two done for the State Medicaid Department, one done for federal Medicare, and one by the non-profit Community Care of North Carolina filed with State Medicaid – all said... Read More
In some ways, I see both sides of the latest dispute between Gov. Pat McCrory's office and the "media," which is changing rapidly with fewer traditional news reporters and more interest groups hiring... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, July 1, 2015. It’s not just a matter of money, but of public safety. The proposed Senate budget would still require public school districts to offer drivers... Read More
Keep your eye on the N.C. General Assembly. Members are monkeying with taxes again, and you could soon face new sales tax charges where they haven’t existed before — such as at the vet’s office... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 2, 2015. In one of its final decisions before ending its term this week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona's use of an independent commission to draw... Read More
Tamarah Hefner has worked for Catawba County schools for 26 years, driving elementary, middle and high school students to school at dawn and back home at dusk, then educating children in grades K... Read More
House and Senate leaders couldn’t meet their budget deadline of June 30, the end of the state fiscal year, so they approved a continuing budget resolution this week to give themselves 45 more days... Read More
Attorneys for North Carolina's current and past governors and legislative leaders offered the state Supreme Court Tuesday very different readings of the legislature's powers and limits in making... Read More
A federal trial in Winston-Salem next month on several provisions of North Carolina's 2013 elections law won't consider challenges to the state's upcoming voter identification requirement in light of... Read More
