Republican strategists must be salivating over Gary Pearce's "Focus on the sweet spot-Education." If education is the Democratic Brand for North Carolina, then the Democrats are in for a pounding... Read More
Regulatory policy is about striking a proper balance. Virtually no one disagrees with the propriety of government designing, promulgating, and enforcing regulation. When health, safety, and property... Read More
House Speaker Thom Tillis continues to insist the legislature will adjourn by July 4th. Yeah, and the Red Sea will part again and Governor McCrory will pull a rabbit out of his hat. Citizens of North... Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — The budget and tax reform bills aren't the only high-profile bills still in limbo as the 2013 legislative session draws to a close. House Speaker Thom Tillis said Thursday he expects... Read More
The proposed merger of the Asheville Water System into a Metropolitan Sewer District continues to create controversy, with new revelations that two western legislators might be using veiled... Read More
Looking at the Great Republican Rollback, Democrats are tempted to attack on every front: taxes, Medicaid, teacher pay, jetty ban, Jordan Lake, Child Fatality Task Force, Rural Center, Racial Justice... Read More
Over the years, North Carolina has won awards from prestigious publications such as Forbes and Site Selection magazine as an attractive state in which to conduct one type of business or another. But... Read More
Liberal groups in and outside the state seem to be spending sleepless nights worried about the fate of judicial-election changes North Carolina adopted in 2002. The General Assembly should save our... Read More
I had the opportunity to talk with Governor Holshouser on Saturday morning although he was unconscious and probably did not hear me, especially since his daughter, Ginny, said he did not have his... Read More
The tax reform debate in the General Assembly has moved in recent days from frustrating and confusing to simply embarrassing. It hasn’t been about reform for a while. House and Senate leaders keep... Read More
