Opinion
Clear Opportunity for Health Care Reform
State lawmakers can loosen regulations associated with one of the nation’s most restrictive certificate-of-need regimes.
Opinion
Education Spending Set To Rise In Budget
Pay raises for starting teachers, full funding for new enrollment, and additional money for instructional materials are highlights of the governor's budget proposal.
Opinion
Job Growth Sizzled Last Year
We now have much harder numbers on recent employment trends in North Carolina, and can say with confidence that 2014 was the second-best year for job growth since the turn of the 21st century.
Opinion
Dissecting High Court’s Latest Obamacare Case
Questions during recent U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments suggest potential outcomes in King v. Burwell.
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Burkas R Us
Opinion
Operatives Recycle Hagan Claim
I suppose if you thought Kay Hagan’s reelection campaign was a brilliant exercise in political rhetoric, you might try to reuse her talking points to win the political debates of 2015.
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Cropped history
Opinion
Corrections Policies Say A Lot
A news outlet’s willingness to own up to its mistakes says a lot about its credibility.
Opinion
Corrections Policies Say A Lot
A news outlet’s willingness to own up to its mistakes says a lot about its credibility.
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I did not have textual relations with that server
Opinion
Examining the Governor’s Budget
Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget team offers some praiseworthy ideas, but there are also some discouraging choices.
Opinion
U.S. Millennials Not Measuring Up
The generation of Americans born after 1980 have more educational credentials than earlier generations, but they are less prepared than their counterparts internationally to participate in the labor force.
