North Carolina’s senior senator now acknowledges there are some good things in the health care package that President Obama signed earlier this month. Republican Senator Richard Burr tells North Carolina Policy Watch that he would rather replace parts of the bill or see a "a series of fixes" moving forward that would contain costs and [Continue Reading...]
Paying More for a Divided and Less Well-Educated Community in Wake County, North Carolina
After four months of debate, a newly configured school board voted on March 23, 2010 to end Wake County’s long-standing commitment to promoting racially and socioeconomically diverse schools. A brief glimpse into the past—or a look at school systems around the South no longer working towards the goal of integration—suggests that serious, negative consequences await North Carolina’s largest district.
State Republican Party Chair Tom Fetzer is right. It does make you wonder when a group of executives from an out-of-state company bundle campaign contributions to a candidate for governor of North Carolina, especially when the donors have not been very active in past campaigns in the state. [Continue Reading...]
