Hidden changes
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 12, 2014. On the day the state Senate adopted the budget, Jeff Jackson from Charlotte stood to debate the bill. He complained that the 260-page spending... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Legislators change the way the state funds enrollment growth
There appears to be some confusion and displeasure about a provision that changes the way that budget writers construct the education budget. The issue boils down to when and where to include... Read More
Liberal hypocrisy on state taxes
This news article about changes to NC's film industry tax credit program not only highlights the obvious, but illustrates how ridiculous progressive liberals sound when they try to argue against... Read More
5 State budget details you might not have heard
By now, you've probably heard that the $21 billion state budget for 2014-15 gives teachers raises and doesn't cut thousands of people off of Medicaid, as once proposed. But the budget, signed last... Read More
Consumers remain in holding pattern
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, August 8, 2014. About a month ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released figures about how states are faring five years after the end of the Great Recession. To... Read More
Defining marriage
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, August 10, 2014. Make no mistake. State Attorney General Roy Cooper never liked North Carolina’s constitutional amendment that opposes gay marriage. Passed... Read More
Pay reform meets student needs
Critics of the Republican-led General Assembly allege that the teacher-pay raise included in this year’s state budget could have been implemented in a much simpler fashion: by giving across-the... Read More
Bonner bridge can't span these troubled waters
We can agree, all of us, on this: It's our distinct good fortune that the Bonner Bridge is still standing. OK, maybe there are a few folks out on Hatteras Island who'd like it to really be an island... Read More
The most important thing the legislature did
The most important thing the legislature did this year is what it did not do. Instead of adjourning and closing down as is customary shortly after the state’s budget has been revised, the... Read More
Lawmakers should call it quits for the year
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 9, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory may have signed the 2014 budget adjustments into law last week, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the N.C General Assembly is... Read More
