Are we done yet?
The House says the House budget will be published Friday, June 7. They promise the budget will be on the House floor next week. The question is can the House hold it together among its ranks long... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Moral Monday Protests
The Moral Monday protests have given the NAACP a reason to march and protest. For a long time they have had to try to generate interest in something which would give them the ability to appear... Read More
Characteristics of the 2013 North Carolina House of Representatives
One characteristic of the 2013 North Carolina House of Representatives is the initial effect of the Republican caucus. First and second term members usually rely on a caucus with a majority of... Read More
Increasing the age when teens would be tried as adults
Regarding increasing the age limit to 18 years of age for pre-adults to be tried as adults for certain crimes, it seems striking to me that if we are willing to ask young adults to serve in military... Read More
House Offers Broad Tax Cut
If reforming North Carolina’s tax code were easy, one of the many tax-reform efforts of the past 20 years would have succeeded. Didn’t happen. There isn’t just one obstacle for would-be tax... Read More
Days of Rage, Rays of Hope
Moral Mondays show there is still passion on the Democratic side of North Carolina’s political wars. Away from the headlines, there are more strong signs for a Democratic comeback. There’s a... Read More
How Did We Come to This?
There’re some strange doings going on over in the General Assembly. For decades, free markets have been an article of faith with Republicans. We don’t like government manipulating markets to... Read More
Obama Going to Mooresville Middle School
Add to the growing list of Mooresville Graded Schools supporters President Barack Obama. The White House announced that Obama will visit Mooresville Middle School to see “the school’s cutting edge... Read More
New voices supporting vouchers emerge
There’s something exciting happening in North Carolina: Young, liberal African-American politicians are breaking away from teachers’ unions to support school choice. “If you are able to look at... Read More
Vouchers: A Bad Use of Public Dollars
by Ed Dunlap Sponsors of House Bill 944, the school voucher legislation, offered some changes before its committee passage last week. The maximum income for eligibility was lowered to 133% of the free... Read More
