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Former Senator Graig Meyer on his recent decision to leave elected office
State Senator Graig Meyer (D-Orange) holds a copy of the draft budget that was not passed in the 2025 session. After 12 years in the General Assembly…
3 months ago
NC State political scientist Steven Greene on the war in Iran and NC’s latest political earthquake
NC State Professor of Political Science Steven Greene (Photo: NCSU)
Even before his fateful and thus far largely unpopular decision to go to war wit…
3 months, 1 week ago
Sam Hiner of the Young People’s Alliance on holding big social media corporations accountable
Sam Hiner, executive director of the Young People’s Alliance (Courtesy photo)
Despite its many benefits, few technological developments of the 21st…
3 months, 1 week ago
NC Justice Center analyst Kris Nordstrom on the legislature’s refusal to fully fund public schools
Kris Nordstrom (Courtesy photo)
One of the most remarkable, and in the minds of many, most shameful, developments in North Carolina public policy o…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
UNC law professor Marcus Gadson discusses a proposed constitutional amendment on property taxes
University of North Carolina law professor Marcus Gadson (Photo: UNC.edu)
Unlike many others, North Carolina is not a “ballot initiative” state in w…
3 months, 1 week ago
WRAL TV’s Cristin Severance on her new documentary: “The Gamble: Sports Betting in North Carolina”
WRAL TV investigative reporter and producer Cristin Severance discusses sports gambling with former Carolina Hurricanes hockey player Aaron Ward. (Ph…
3 months, 1 week ago
Energy and Policy Institute’s Sue Sturgis on ratepayers footing the bill for soaring utility profits
Energy and Policy Institute Research and Communications manager Sue Sturgis.
If you’re like most average consumers, you’re acutely aware of how you…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Kimberly Jones, former North Carolina Teacher of the Year, on education funding and retention
Kimberly S. Jones, 2023 NC Teacher of the Year (Photo: NCDPI)
If there’s a core public service in North Carolina that’s found itself most consistent…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Veterans for Responsible Leadership’s Scott Peoples on why the group is criticizing the war in Iran
Scott Peoples (Courtesy photo)
As the U.S. rapidly moves toward the one-month mark in President Trump’s highly controversial war with Iran, the cost…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
NC Budget and Tax Center Policy Analyst Alex Campbell on the economic winds buffeting the state
N.C. Budget & Tax Center policy analyst Alex Campbell
As the overwhelming majority of North Carolinians are well aware, the economic news of late r…
3 months, 3 weeks ago