Ernie Pearson has been a player around Raleigh for some time. He was a big shot in Governor Jim Martin’s Commerce Department. He was a founder of The Sanford Holshouser Business
Continue readingState senator Jerry Tillman, the majority whip and NCGA Republicans’ leading voice on education issues, says he is confident the House and Senate will have their differences ironed out within
Continue readingSenator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph), that chamber’s majority whip and leading voice on education policy, has stepped up in defense of anti-Common Core legislation he shepherded through the Senate. Tillman told
Continue readingWant to send blood pressure readings through the roof? Mention those two magical C-words among a crowd of people and stand back to watch the ensuing fireworks. Common Core is
Continue readingIt’s starting to sound like a broken record. Every year, the political hacks over at the Moore County public schools’ central office whip up public hysteria against the county commissioners.
Continue readingA Greensboro TV station ran a report about a local restauranteur frustrated about not being able to sell the beer he, himself, brews. State law requires wholesalers to be inserted into
Continue readingJust try to implement some kind of frugality in public education budgets. You’ll get all kinds of teeth-gnashing, wailing and crying about starving tha lil’ chil’ren. The Round Rev and
Continue readingA group of retired UNC faculty members has gone public to criticize their former colleagues for not getting in the face of the administration for allowing UNC athletes to be
Continue readingUNC-Chapel Hill has been rocked by bad publicity in recent months. There was PJ Hairston and his relationship with the convicted felon. There was the report from the researcher raising
Continue readingRepublican leaders in Raleigh are hoping to make political gains by getting behind Gov. Pat McCrory’s call for a teacher pay raise: Saying it was time to start showing respect
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