House leaders plan to roll out a Medicaid reform proposal Thursday afternoon that largely embraces the approach taken by Gov. Pat McCrory for reforming the state's health insurance system for the poor... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, June 16, 2014. For more than 80 years, North Carolina has done almost nothing to regulate coal ash. Duke Energy and other utilities have been free to burn coal for... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, June 13, 2014. The struggle over Asheville's water system is far from over, but those who would strip the city of this valuable asset have an uphill battle from... Read More
The latest attempt by lawmakers to remake North Carolina's regulatory climate was narrowly approved Wednesday morning by two House committees. The 35-page bill covers everything from claiming life... Read More
Kay Hagan didn’t put it quite this bluntly but, basically, what she said was Thom Tillis is a Neanderthal. Now, no one, except for State Senators, believes being called a relic of the Stone Age... Read More
If we learn nothing more from emails and other communications that state lawmakers are fighting to keep from the public eye in the Voting Rights Act cases pending here in federal court, we know at... Read More
PPP’s newest North Carolina poll finds Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis are still neck and neck, but Hagan’s lead has increased by 3 points in the last month due in part to continued voter... Read More
In May as soon as the Notables and Honorables who serve in the State Senate arrived in Raleigh and settled into their seats, they glanced at Governor McCrory’s Budget, flipped it into the waste bin... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 17, 2014. Video poker operators were big donors to then-N.C. House Speaker Jim Black more than a decade ago. More recently, video sweepstakes operators have... Read More
The best citizens of our republic – the politically active and engaged voters who care passionately about issues and even read newspapers – are becoming rigid, intolerant boors who are poisoning... Read More
