Hagan widens lead on Tillis
The latest PPP poll shows incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan growing a lead over Republican State House Speaker Thom Tillis. Hagan leads Tillis 41/34 with Libertarian Sean Haugh receiving 8% of... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Neither Hagan nor Tillis is a winger
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get a news release from some partisan source that says a) that Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan is too left-wing to represent North Carolina or b) that GOP Senate... Read More
Medicaid match
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 23, 2014. In his first year as governor, Pat McCrory often said he was stepping on toes of both Democrats and Republicans. Few Republican toes seemed to be... Read More
Tax proposal would put local governments between a rock and a hard place
Plans to finance both public education and transit at the local level would be stopped in their tracks under the version of legislation (House Bill 1224) that emerged from the state Senate Finance... Read More
What's the plan on incentives?
For a couple of years now, we've heard that the Republicans who control the General Assembly want to stop "picking winners and losers" and eliminate as many of the tax credits, loopholes, special... Read More
State taxpayers taken for a ride
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 21, 2014. Ever wonder about all the nooks and crannies where your tax dollars go? Here’s one a lot of people don’t even know about. It will likely have you... Read More
No unity found in Common Core
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, July 21, 2014. It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. The cream of America’s policy and education establishment came together with unprecedented swiftness to... Read More
Energy needn't be a source of pollution
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 21, 2014. Who wants a fuel-prospecting operation or power plant in the neighborhood? Sure, a lot of money can be made with fracking - if they find anything... Read More
McCrory appeals to Senators to back off on Medicaid
Gov. Pat McCrory is on his way from Greensboro to Raleigh to try to head off the Senate's Medicaid reorganization plan. In an interview with N&R editors and reporters, the governor said the Senate... Read More
