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WFU’s Jury Sunshine Project a valuable resource for informing voters
Residents soon will get voting guides. They may see sample ballots, or newspaper profiles. They’ll get fliers and postcards to recycle. Yard signs will become ubiquitous. These will help, maybe. But they won’t be enough for voters to make an informed decision at the polls, unless, of course, they’re glued to a party. Aside from...
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The Justice Stewart test
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The movement to drop APs for more rigorous coursework
A new school year is weeks away, leaving ambitious high schoolers to anticipate schedules packed with Advanced Placement classes. Expected to amp up a transcript’s awe factor, AP coursework offers precocious high school students a chance to earn college credit or advanced placements in college classes. It’s no surprise, then, that student regard for AP is surging. According...
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Carolina voters are politically diverse
If we forget that there are lots of Democratic voters in “red” counties and Republican voters in “blue” ones, we exaggerate the extent of the partisan divide and oversimplify conditions that are actually complicated and interesting.
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Pree-vent dee-fense
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Stein’s comment offers skewed view of people’s power
It's unclear why the N.C. attorney general believes people would be giving up power when voting for constitutional amendments.
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Not forgotten
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How about a bushel?
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Federal reform boosts state economy
A new study projects that thanks to federal tax reform, North Carolinians will see an average increase in take-home pay over the coming decade of $18,287 across all households and $31,608 for married couples with two kids.
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Left to their own devices
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Georgia’s movie miracle relies on special effects and spurious assumptions
Time Magazine’s Aug. 6 special issue focuses on the American South. One of the articles is about Georgia’s film production incentives, entitled “How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South.” The Twitter account G.H. Davey asked me about it. “Having seen some of you criticism re film incentives in other states, what about GA, where it...
