Senate leaders continue to propose cutting teacher assistants as a way to pay for a significant teacher salary bump, the first teachers have seen in years. While the General Assembly debates back and... Read More
These are fascinating times in Raleigh for political junkies and folks in the public policy world, as House and Senate leaders of the same political party trade budget offers back and forth and... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 18, 2014. North Carolina’s replacement of Common Core may boil down to the question: What’s in a name? The movement led by some Republicans to withdraw... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, July 17, 2014. Trying to engage in a major overhaul of a huge government program such as Medicaid is, to quote an old song, like changing a flat in a hurricane. Even... Read More
It's looking like the current film incentives program may be scrapped for a much different grant program for TV and movie production companies. Other possible outcomes of this year's legislative... Read More
Several of my recent columns have addressed the statistical basis of political disputes over education funding, the state budget, and declines in North Carolina’s unemployment rate. Researching... Read More
Republican primaries are the best entertainment you can find this summer. First Eric Cantor loses in a monumental upset. Then black Democrats save Thad Cochrane’s hide. Then two former Democrats... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 17, 2014. Some Greensboro-area residents have expressed relief that they won’t be getting so many political phone calls and mailings now that the Republican... Read More
On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, Mark Walker called a press conference at the Guilford County GOP Headquarters to accuse Phil Berger, Jr’s father, Phil Berger, Sr., of using his influence as President... Read More
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond appears poised to uphold a lower court ruling that not only would topple Virginia’s marriage ban but also could provide precedent to overturn bans on... Read More
