Pandora's box
It’s got to be a temptation – but it may not have a happy ending. Lately, President Obama’s taken to running the country by Executive Order – for instance, the other day he found a part... Read More
NC Spin Articles
GOP Senate nod still up for grabs
PPP's monthly look at the North Carolina Senate race finds Thom Tillis continuing to have difficulty breaking away from the pack in a way that would let him avoid a runoff in the Republican Senate... Read More
Constitution likely to sink voucher plan
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 18, 2014. It's no surprise that a Superior Court judge in Raleigh refused Monday to dismiss a lawsuit against the state's new school-voucher program. The... Read More
Regulatory favoritism in North Carolina
Editorial by New York Times, February 16, 2014. North Carolina citizens have good reason to wonder just whom their environmental regulators are trying to protect. The state’s Department of... Read More
Hunger games
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, reprinted in Greenville Daily Reflector, February 16, 2014. North Carolinians who need food stamps are safe, for now. The Senate on Wednesday passed and sent to... Read More
Republicans work to persuade NC voters on schools
With the usual ebbs and flows, North Carolina government leaders have made public education their pre-eminent issue for more than a century. Democrats in charge nearly all of that time wore the pro... Read More
Running from politics
I often wonder whether all the partisan nastiness and money-grubbing that goes on in politics these days is increasingly leaving the political world, both nationally and at the state level, to know... Read More
Dems get Wake-up call
Shut out of formal power in the state capital for the first time in more than a century, North Carolina Democrats hope that 2014 will mark the beginning of a steady climb back to legislative... Read More
This teacher pay raise is only the first step of comprehensive plan
Since I’ve had the honor of being elected your governor, teachers, principals and superintendents have been telling us that we must raise the base pay of North Carolina’s teachers if we expect to... Read More
A cure for broken politics
More than six out of 10 Americans believe our nation is on the wrong track, according to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Many factors contribute to the political dysfunction that fuels... Read More
