It doesn't get any better than this — in the year that terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon, a team called the Patriots has won the Superbowl.
A collection of black student interest groups at North Carolina State University has graded the university on the subjects of enrollment and graduation of black students and recruitment of black faculty. The African-American Student Advisory Council, not surprisingly, gave the university mostly failing grades. In essence, the groups gave N.C. State low marks because the university doesn't discriminate enough in the way they want it to.
North Carolina’s urban areas are growing faster than the rest of the state, leading some to predict that cities will gain political clout in statewide elections and the General Assembly — and more representation in legislative leadership.
A new analysis of North Carolina’s new legislative districts shows why so many incumbents on both sides are smiling. Their seats will get much safer in the 2002 elections and beyond, while only 20 of 120 seats are now seen as “swing districts.”
President Bush's State-of-the-Union address exceeds a small-government proponent's expectations.
Limited government: Ancient Chinese secret?
If every region and community in North Carolina is getting less than its "fair share" from state government, who is getting more?
Less than a year after hundreds of University of North Carolina students marched to the Capitol to protest UNC budget cuts and large tuition increases, tuition increases are again being proposed for several UNC schools, yet the students are now mute. They were in August when legislators debated a 9 percent, retroactive tuition hike for all UNC system students (which passed Aug. 30) that The Daily Tar Heel wrote a story about it, “Low Turnout for Anti-Tuition Rally Frustrates Leaders,” on Aug. 28. “Despite the possibility of additional charges,” the DTH noted, referring to the tuition increase, “rally organizers had difficulty enticing student involvement.”
While the rest of the country is seeing the beginning of an economic rebound, North Carolina is leading the nation in new jobless claims — a fact that should jolt our leaders into action on creating a more pro-growth climate in the state.
The 7th District Congressman wants to create another federal authority like the Appalachian Regional Commission to dispense federal dollars to North Carolina and other Southeastern states. Oh, where to start...
HHS Secretary Carmen Hooker Buell and her staff have implemented some welcome cost controls in North Carolina’s budget-busting Medicaid. But to close another huge deficit this year, state leaders will have to do far more.
