Tax reform has been discussed but not acted on for 20 years. This General Assembly and governor's office are committed to fixing a tax system that was set up the 1930s, when our economy was heavily... Read More
I am a proud North Carolinian – proud to be a product of public schools, proud to have spent a career in public education, proud to have served as state superintendent of Public Instruction for two... Read More
Mama always said that when a bully finds out you can be intimidated or pushed around, the bullying would continue until something or someone stops it. Bruton Smith, owner of the Charlotte Motor... Read More
Not inclined to shift money away from schools? The state budget debate shifts to the House next week even as more details buried in the 413-page budget bill that passed the Senate this week are coming... Read More
As the legislative session drags on, the Governor is seeing his political stock on the rise. In January, when the General Assembly convened, the Senate went to great lengths to show the newly... Read More
Just about every political cause in Raleigh is being pitched as a spur to economic growth. It’s easy to see why. North Carolina continues to post one of the worst unemployment rates in the country... Read More
North Carolina is a politically centrist state. Depending on the personalities that emerge and the economy, it can lean right politically. Republicans and conservatives, armed with a web of 527s... Read More
Let us put aside the major issues that divide North Carolina politics – taxes, the size of government, public vs. private education, abortion, guns, funding for the University of North Carolina... Read More
North Carolina has become a red state. In 2010 and again in 2012, Republicans convinced voters that Democrats had done a poor job of running our state and they had a better plan. Their message was... Read More
There’re a lot of clever politicians and smart politicians but there’re not many politicians with the courage to take a stand they know is unpopular. The other day, baffled by the raft of tax... Read More
