According to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures, North Carolina is on pace to have, by percentage, the third largest budget deficit in the country. Behind ... Keep Reading
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Easley Ineligible to Run for Sheriff; N&O Hosts Pity Party
This much is certain: Mike Easley will not be the next sheriff in your county. Our former governor is now a convicted felon and per the constitutional amendment passed just this ... Keep Reading
Obama Divides Electorate
The talking heads have discussed the campaign strategies of both the Democrats and the Republicans for the United States Congress. Republicans intend to “nationalize” the ... Keep Reading
Perdue Administration Fails on Accountability & Transparency.
Either in an attempt to hide the truth from the public or in a display of dysfunctional government, an article in today’s News & Observer clearly indicates the failure of the ... Keep Reading
Confused N&O Editors
Economically-illiterate and authoritarian commentary on health care reform has become the norm for the Raleigh News & Observer. Consider today's latest installment, which ... Keep Reading
Governor Perdue Should Apologize for Budget
Apparently Governor Perdue has been misled about the direction that this year’s budget will take North Carolina. The N&O reports that today, surrounded by school children ... Keep Reading
Campaign Ethics Idea
The Raleigh News & Observer’s Andrew Curliss has observed in a recent post that there are some potentially good ethics regulations missing from the ethics bill (HB961) ... Keep Reading
Questions for the N&O
The N&O has unabashedly supported the push for "Obamacare" - or whatever name you want to put on the recently approved bill that further politicizes our health insurance and ... Keep Reading
Say What?
This N&O article details a forum held at N.C. State in which "A group of Triangle academics pulled up research and data Wednesday as they urged the Wake County school board not ... Keep Reading
State Budget Facing Another Tough Year, Lawmakers Only Have Themselves to Blame
This N&O article predicts another difficult budgetary process on tap for this summer. State budget writers will once again struggle to balance the budget as revenue will ... Keep Reading
