Millions of dollars were spent in North Carolina’s one Supreme Court election in 2012. Four seats are up before the voters this year. How much more money will flow in the race to buy our highest... Read More
One of the cheapest shots in politics is to claim that only the unschooled and ignorant could possibly side with the other team. Both Democrats and Republicans make the claim about the other party... Read More
Duke Energy badly fumbled the political/PR ball on the coal-ash spill. Duke should have quickly rolled out a clear plan to clean up the Dan River and to deal with long-term management of ash ponds... Read More
The Republican National Committee and the state Republican Party said Monday that they are ramping up their organizing efforts to help with the U.S. Senate race in November and add to legislative... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, March 17, 2014. Dueling news releases today show just hard it is to figure out what’s in a number (or maybe show how easy it is to spin one... Read More
Turning up the heat in the U.S. Senate primary, Republican Greg Brannon said a “culture of corruption” would make N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis “unelectable” in November. “The Democrat... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, March 18, 2014. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina is in a fight for her political life, and one of eight Republicans will campaign hard until Nov. 4 seeking to... Read More
Duke Energy was in a bind. North Carolina regulators had for years allowed the nation’s largest power company to pollute the ground near its plants without penalty. But in early 2013, a coalition of... Read More
North Carolina health officials said Monday that their long-awaited proposal to overhaul how Medicaid operates in North Carolina is "realistic" and "achievable" and will make state budgets more... Read More
The state’s employment picture took another positive turn during January, with the jobless rate decreasing for the seventh consecutive month, the N.C. Commerce Department reported Monday. The rate... Read More
