A wasteful push for Common Core repeal
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 5, 2014. The way North Carolina children learn is in hot debate. At the heart of the issue is an effort to repeal the Common Core curriculum, which sets... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Newly formed caucus encourages votes, increased engagement
North Carolina Democratic Party efforts to organize African American Caucuses in all 100 counties brought the state party chairman and caucus president to New Bern this week with tough words to... Read More
You won't believe what the head of the NC Chamber said about Common Core
Staying with the untested Common Core education standards, which 45 states are using, is somehow being “competitive”? Yes that is what Lew Ebert, president and CEO of the NC Chamber... Read More
Budget blasts Medicaid plan
For 16 months, we have worked diligently with the governor, the General Assembly and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a well-reasoned plan to reform our state’s Medicaid system... Read More
NC House approves Senate changes to reading tests
North Carolina's General Assembly approved tweaks to state reading mandates for third-graders Thursday, and they now await approval from the governor. The House agreed Thursday to the Senate's changes... Read More
NC Senate votes out Common Core, McCrory says decision not a smart move
Gov. Pat McCrory said the Republican-driven bill to repeal the Common Core education standards “is not a smart move,” using his strongest language yet to warn against an effort pushed by... Read More
End doctor shortage
from an Editorial in Pittsburg Post-Gazette, published in Charlotte Observer, June 5, 2014. Two months ago, 412 medical school graduates learned they would not have a place in the residency programs... Read More
D-Day: Carolinians tell the story of a day like no other
It was a day of blind courage and resolve, a day like no other – before or since. In the gray of first light on June 6, 1944, 70 years ago today, Army medic Walter Dickens of Monroe prayed to... Read More
NC growth compares well
The debate about recent economic growth in North Carolina has a peculiar dynamic. Democrats who think President Barack Obama’s economic policies have succeeded are simultaneously claiming that the... Read More
House and Senate give tentative nod to Commerce reorganization
The state House and Senate on Thursday gave tentative approval to different versions of a bill designed to turn the marketing and job-recruitment functions carried out by the Department of Commerce to... Read More
