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Matthew recovery is state’s problem now

by Colin Campbell, The Insider, published in the Salisbury Post, September 13, 2017. While the nation focuses on Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey, North Carolina still doesn’t have the money it needs to rebuild from Hurricane Matthew. Yes, it’s been nearly a year since widespread flooding hit the eastern part of our state. Yes, federal […]

Let a commission redraw judicial districts

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 13, 2017. We’re not about to argue that a thorough updating of our state’s judicial districts is unnecessary. The last large-scale redrawing of the court districts was in 1955. There have been a few changes in North Carolina’s population patterns since then and our judicial districts could most likely use […]

Budget cuts unfair

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 15, 2017. Politics is politics, but the budget cuts made by the Republican-led state legislature to Democratic-run state offices is not good government, nor is it good for the citizens of North Carolina. The state budget has increased spending for some Republican-led departments, but it’s significant and disappointing that the […]