A question still to be settled in state budget negotiations is how to provide health insurance to thousands of state employees who will be newly eligible for coverage starting in January under the... Read More
Despite making significant gains in health and education in the last eight years, North Carolina ranks 34th nationally in overall child well-being, according to a report released Tuesday by the Annie... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 20, 2014. Believe it: Gridlock in Washington can lead to gridlock right here in North Carolina. And if Congress can’t get past the partisan bickering that... Read More
Our North Carolina legislature is struggling to guarantee us clean, safe drinking water. The State House and Senate can’t agree on coal ash legislation. And now, it’s anybody’s guess if there... Read More
The feud has been a running subtext to North Carolina’s legislative session, with threats and perceived insults occasionally flaring into headlines. Now some say it may be contributing to the state... Read More
by Mates Gold, Washington Post, July 19, 2014. Art Pope is one of the most generous donors to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having lavished millions on his alma mater. The retail... Read More
Voters born elsewhere make up nearly half of N.C. electorate.” So begins the latest DataNet report from the UNC Program on Public Life, directed by former journalist Ferrel Guillory. So what? What... Read More
When liberals debate tax policy, it can be hard to keep track of their current positions. They keep changing. Right now, for example, Democratic politicians and left-wing activists are castigating... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 19, 2014. You can have your opinion about teacher pay, other spending and tax cuts – we certainly have ours. But here are the facts: • North Carolina cut... Read More
One of the more hopeful signs in the troubling political debate in North Carolina these days comes not from the finger-pointing budget dispute in Raleigh but from Mount Airy of all places — at a... Read More
