Slippery politics
Nobody ever runs for office on snow removal, but it’s a sure way to get run out of office. This week the mayor of Atlanta and governor of Georgia are skating on thin ice after a winter storm left... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Burr's healthcare alternative is an ACA repeal
Editorial by News and Observer, January 31, 2014. From the beginning of the debate over the Affordable Care Act until it became law and even after it passed constitutional muster with the U.S. Supreme... Read More
RTP Foundation to unveil "centerpiece" project on Monday
The Research Triangle Foundation is planning to unveil a project on Monday that it says will be “the centerpiece of RTP’s plans for an innovative future.” The foundation, the entity that... Read More
The president's pep rally
I watched the President’s pep rally er, State of Union Address last night, mostly because I had to. I’ll be on a couple of television news shows this week and I figure they’ll want to talk about... Read More
Legislators grill school chief over reading tests
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, January 29, 2014. State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson spent Tuesday morning on the hot seat at a Joint Government Oversight Committee hearing, where... Read More
Behind the legislative curtain
Throughout the debate of a sweeping voter ID and elections law bill, Republican supporters said it was an attempt to restore public confidence in the election process. Democrats, at the state and... Read More
Senator shows man can indeed bite dog
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 31, 2014. State Sen. Bill Rabon isn't known for stomping on puppies. Quite the opposite, actually: When he's not working as a lawmaker, Rabon is a... Read More
Half of North Carolinians have little or no savings
The number of North Carolinians possessing little or no savings rose again in 2013, this time to 51.5 percent, according to a report released Thursday by the Corporation for Enterprise Development... Read More
Reassessing the War
If University of Chicago economist Bruce Meyer and Notre Dame economist James Sullivan are correct, much of the recent political chatter about the 50 anniversary of the War on Poverty was little more... Read More
