Former State Auditor and prominent Republican Les Merritt announced he was stepping down from the State Ethics Commission this week after a reporter with WRAL-TV asked if Merritt had a conflict of... Read More
Thirteen years later, Dennis Wicker appears to have been right. The former Democratic lieutenant governor, when he was running for governor in 2000, called the lottery plan of his then-opponent, Mike... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 27, 2013. Since 2006, state law has required court administrators to post detailed information about the disposition of driving-while-impaired cases. The... Read More
Under the state's Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA), the Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) has responsibility for developing standards needed to balance protection of highly productive coastal... Read More
Support for the tea party continues to fall among Americans, nearing all-time lows, according to a new poll Thursday. Twenty-two percent of Americans call themselves tea party backers, the Gallup... Read More
With thick smoke clouds billowing out of the Capitol it’s hard to see who’s winning the latest war in Washington – plus, it isn’t a simple us versus them war: It’s a three tribe melee (with... Read More
Less than a month after data from the Manhattan Institute prompted Carolina Journal to report that Obamacare could lead to 80 percent premium increases for many North Carolina health insurance... Read More
New PPP polls in 8 key North Carolina State Senate districts find that the political landscape has shifted in such a way that Democrats have a lot more opportunities to eat into the Republican... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, September 25, 2013. If you’re doing something no one else in the country is doing, there’s a good chance you’re either radically innovative or recklessly... Read More
The state Republican Party Tuesday asked the Secretary of State Elaine Marshall to investigate a Democratic group's fund-raising practices. The state GOP is questioning whether Progress NC, a... Read More
