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Greensboro N&R calls out lawmakers on school funding claims 27 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
Today’s lead editorial in the Greensboro News & Record provides a civics lesson for conservative state House members trying to escape responsibility for the state’s declining commitment to public educ...
Praying for a Pathway 27 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
Just because you didn’t make it out to one of these immigration reform events on Sunday doesn’t mean you shouldn’t call your Representative and ask for some common-sense, fair and humane changes to ou...
Art Pope’s big, happy conservative family 27 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
You may have trouble enduring all 50 minutes and 40 seconds, but today’s weird valedictory farewell by departing Americans for Prosperity director Dallas Woodhouse at the Locke Foundation’s “Shaftsbur...
Joe Scarborough should pay attention to his own network 26 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
Maybe MSBNC personality Joe Scarborough was just trying to play dumb on his “Morning Joe” show this morning in order to spur controversy and debate. Let’s hope so. Because if the man really is as unin...
Lunch Links- Millennials and Civic Engagement 26 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
Here’s a short one for your lunch break today- Much has been written about the Millennial Generation being “Me, Me, Me” generation. But it turns out that they are a generation committed to improving...
Tracking the Cuts: The Dismantling of our Public Schools 26 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
The final budget numbers for Gaston County Schools are in – and 31 teacher assistants have lost their jobs. School officials were able to save 19 other jobs that were on the chopping block – those TA...
McCrory’s “present” vote 26 Aug 2013 | 08:33 pm
It wasn’t that long ago — about five years to be precise — that critics of then-Senator Barack Obama were complaining mightily about the presidential candidate’s numerous “present” votes while serving...
Another busy week of activism 26 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
The General Assembly doesn’t return to Raleigh until next Tuesday for a brief (hopefully) veto session, but there will be plenty of action in the the policy world this week as well. Tomorrow in Rale....
McCrory signs “star chamber” judicial discipline bill 24 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
Among the controversial bills that the Governor attempted (probably successfully) to approve under the news media radar this afternoon was the hugely controversial proposal detailed here by NC Policy...
“Salary-gate,” a week later 23 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
It’s been a week since we first reported on the $80,000 salaries that two 24-year-old former McCrory campaign workers are making in top jobs in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Ricky...
