Be sure to watch this week’s NC SPIN. Our balanced debate begins with Governor Cooper’s appointment of a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to replace Mark Martin, who is resigning at the month. We speculate as to who the Governor might appoint to fill the vacancy of the high court. Next we debate the […]
Tag: NC General Assembly
After SPIN! Video – “Will there be a challenge for NC House Speaker?”
After SPIN! “Question to Rufus Edmisten and Becki Gray: The short session was devoid of drama but there was a lot of scuttlebutt in the legislative building – one of the biggest whispers was one about a leadership challenge for Speaker Tim Moore coming from Rules Chair David Lewis or Majority Leader John Bell. Should […]
Looser Gun Control Counterintuitive for Safe, Civil Society
By Bob Schofield The Progressive Pulse As anyone paying attention to policy debates in North Carolina in recent days is well aware, the age-old battle over guns and gun violence is front and center right now. Thanks to a proposal narrowly approved by the state House of Representatives last week, North Carolina is a step […]
N. C. governor: no constitutional role in redistricting
By Mitch Kokai John Locke Foundation Before Gov. Roy Cooper and his surrogates accuse the N.C. General Assembly of “thumbing its nose at the North Carolina Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court,” the governor might want to reflect on his own actions in connection with legislative electoral redistricting. The best place to start involves a […]
John Hood: NC Republicans make sensible tax cuts, honest budgets
By John Hood | John Locke Foundation North Carolina Republicans has gotten right what Republicans elsewhere have gotten very wrong: how to construct sensible tax cuts and honest, conservative budgets. Liberal critics aren’t inclined to make the distinction. They opt for guilt by partisan association. In fairness, though, it’s not like GOP politicians in other […]
General Assembly is failing to address opiate epidemic
From the Durham Herald As the General Assembly trudges toward the final weeks of its long session, legislators are wrestling with late-night (and early morning) maneuvers and short tempers. What has always bemused us is when politicians — or ordinary citizens — toss around complaints about “playing politics” as if politics is not, in fact, […]
NC SPIN episode # 966 – Air Date 5/07/2017
Watch NC SPIN online! Topics: Bills that made the Crossover Deadline, Bills that didn’t pass or were referred to study and Tell Us Something We Don’t Know. Panelists: Chris Fitzsimon, Director, NC Policy Watch Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation John Hood, Syndicated Columnist Jim Morrill, The Charlotte Observer Tom Campbell, Moderator
NC SPIN episode # 920 – Air Date 6/19/2016
Watch NC SPIN online! Topics: Constitutional Amendments Proposed, Bullying and Map Decisions, Which Math is Correct, and Tell Us Something We Don’t Know. Panelists: Rufus Edmisten, Former Secretary of State & Attorney General Chris Fitzsimon, Director, NC Policy Watch Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation John Hood, Syndicated Columnist Tom Campbell, Moderator
NC SPIN episode # 910 – Air Date 4/10/2016
Watch NC SPIN online! Topics: House Bill 2, Tax Time and the State Economy, Two or More Political Parties?, and Tell Us Something We Don’t Know. Panelists: Gene Arnold, Former Legislator Chris Fitzsimon, Director, NC Policy Watch John Hood, Syndicated Columnist Howard Lee, Former Senator, Chair State Board of Education Tom Campbell, Moderator
NC SPIN episode # 908 – Air Date 3/27/2016
Watch NC SPIN online! Topics: Special Session on Bathrooms, Congressional and Judicial Filings and Party Uprisings, Trashing the Commission on Coal Ash and Tell Us Something We Don’t Know. Panelists: Chris Fitzsimon, Director, NC Policy Watch Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation John Hood, Syndicated Columnist Joe Mavretic, Former House Speaker Tom Campbell, Moderator
