Earlier this week we learned state spending for Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income families, senior citizens and the disabled, is $160 million over budget so far this fiscal year.
While the demand for services continues to grow, John Tote of the Mental Health Association in North Carolina, describes [...]
On the subject, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention The Pulpit Forum’s showing showing at last night’s Greensboro City Council meeting in what Guarino describes as “a clear attempt” to intimidate Mayor Bill Knight.
I’ll admit the new mayor looked a bit shaky as he conducted [...]
The Cary Watchmen have released the second of their two part study on Cary’s Recycling program. Part I, as reported on 11/13/2009, focused on the financial aspects. Part II describes the environmental impact of recycling, comparing it to the alternative, disposal in the Wake County landfill in Holly Springs. [...]
As she campaigned around the country, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin feuded with Sen. John McCain's senior staff.
In her new book, "Going Rogue," Palin describes those staffers as trying to hold her back and making big blunders. But e-mail messages obtained by the Atlantic [...]
The News & Observer editorial writers usually go about their work with arrogant certainty, telling us all what’s what on the complicated issues of the day, their conclusions exclusively hewing to a lefty worldview. But today the scribes in the N&O’s ivory tower are simply clueless, don’t have a thought, [...]
