Shutting down government a bad idea
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 31, 2013. Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr certainly hit the nail squarely on the head recently when he said an effort to to shut down the federal government... Read More
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Bipartisan problem demands bipartisan solution
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, August 31, 2013. The General Assembly should put aside partisan concerns and investigate what is happening at the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Both... Read More
Tea Party for two?
Editorial by News and Observer, August 30, 2013. Maybe they’re just tired. Or maybe there were never very many of them anyway. Or maybe their campaign to destroy the Affordable Care Act, which... Read More
GOP says McCrory miserly with jobs
t is ironic that Gov. Pat McCrory has been taking a lot of heat lately for two young campaign aides getting generous salaries for top jobs in the Department of Health and Human Services. Because the... Read More
Does McCrory have a truth problem?
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 31, 2013. You are the governor of North Carolina, and a staffer who did very good work on your election campaign could be a fit for a primo state government job... Read More
Who will lead North Carolina Democrats?
Before I close out for a holiday weekend and direct my attention to something much more delightful than politics (my year-old granddaughter), let me leave you with an assignment. We've had fun... Read More
The political payroll
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 30,2013. If a government agency’s overall payroll is down, does it matter if some of its top employees get really big salaries? That depends on what the... Read More
NAACP won't agree to Moral Monday plea bargains
by WTVD, August 30, 2013. Plea bargains that would avoid hundreds of trials for Moral Monday protestors arrested at the North Carolina General Assembly appeared to hit a stumbling block Friday when... Read More
I Have an Unanswered Question
Call me a policy nerd if you like. I don’t mind. ??Part of my job involves commissioning, reading, interpreting, and writing about public policy research. As I began researching my 2012 book on... Read More
Sheriffs: Sustain McCrory's veto
from press release from Governor's office, August 30, 2013. Sheriffs from various counties across the state are expressing their support for Governor Pat McCrory’s veto of the Reclaim North Carolina... Read More
