The 2016 governor's race is underway
Did you get that coal ash off your hands?” software entrepreneur Jim Goodnight quipped to Gov. Pat McCrory last month while showing him around a new SAS building in Cary. “You’re not messing up... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Tim Moore is state Republican nominee for Speaker
N.C. House Republicans on Saturday selected Rep. Tim Moore as their nominee for House speaker, one of the most powerful political positions in state government. The Republican caucus selected Moore, a... Read More
A Party of No has no future
All American politics today – the battle over immigration, the election two weeks ago and even legislative elections in North Carolina – is all about Barack Obama. Presidents always dominate... Read More
McCrory's baffling reaction to Obama's immigration policy
Reaction continues to President Obama’s executive orders on immigration that will allow five million undocumented immigrants, most of them parents of children who are American citizens, to come out... Read More
Accrediting agency: UNC 'not diligent' in exposing academic scandal
The commission that accredits UNC-Chapel Hill is raising new concerns about its integrity, saying that the university “was not diligent” in providing information about an academic fraud scandal... Read More
NC finally passes pre-recession jobs total
Gov. Pat McCrory spiked the economic football Friday, pointing to a dropping unemployment rate and a milestone number in North Carolina's job report. "North Carolina has now recovered all of the... Read More
NC Inmate's death shows need for prison review
Editorial by News and Observer, November 15, 2014. When a convict goes to prison, he loses his freedom, but he does not lose his humanity. And he should not lose his life. Michael Anthony Kerr lost... Read More
A waste of time
The Governor sent a letter to Thom Tillis and Phil Berger taking the legislature to task for asking for an independent audit of the Department of Health and Human Services. Then the next day, when... Read More
Did Pat pick the right fight
Governor McCrory’s political instinct is right, but his choice of battlefield is puzzling. The Governor seems to understand that the best way to get reelected is to pick a fight with the... Read More
The quiet, life-saving success of the ACA
You’d never know it from the overheated political rhetoric of the Right these days, but thousands of people in North Carolina have been signing up for health care coverage since the new enrollment... Read More
