by Phil Berger, Senate President Pro Tem, published in News and Observer, June 26, 2014. In response to the June 21 Point of View “ A moral budget for North Carolina” by Rev. William Barber... Read More
For just a brief moment there, it looked as though Gov. Pat McCrory was siding with – rather than sticking it to – struggling Tar Heels. Sure, Gov. McCrory rejected, the first chance he got and... Read More
A four-hour span of political theater Thursday illustrated the lingering divide among Republican legislative leaders on how to rework the state’s $21 billion budget. Senators started the morning... Read More
Art Pope is a master of manipulation. Despite being the true political boss of North Carolina — the one that Gov. Pat McCroy, House Speaker Thom Tillis, and Senate leader Phil Berger take their... Read More
Perhaps the most important speech of North Carolina’s new Republican era was made nearly three years ago by GOP U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, arguably the state’s leading political voice of business... Read More
To quote Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles, “What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?” What is politics coming to when a deeply conservative Deep South Senator rallies black... Read More
When the ‘anti-frackers’ launched their million dollar ad campaign to defeat Chad Barefoot and three other Republican State Senators the Senate Republican Caucus returned fire, calling on Barefoot... Read More
Concerns about the lackluster performance of K-12 education in America have spawned extraordinary efforts to find the silver bullet that will significantly raise student achievement in the United... Read More
Just when lawmakers hoped to finish the legislative session, hostility among Republican leaders flared amid negotiations on the $21 billion state budget plan. Gov. Pat McCrory and House Speaker Thom... Read More
With $2 billion in cost overruns the past four years, Medicaid continues to be North Carolina’s most volatile political conundrum, and now unanswered questions about its spending and growth threaten... Read More
