I polled around and fell in love (sorry, Elvin)
I confess. I love PPP’s monthly North Carolina poll. While I don’t put too much credence in polling on races 15 months out, I’m always interested to see how the mood of the electorate is... Read More
NC Spin Articles
North Carolina law takes war on voting rights to a new low
Editorial by Washington Post, August 15, 203. IN THE wake of the Supreme Court’s Shelby v. Holder decision, which gutted significant portions of the Voting Rights Act, it’s difficult to say which... Read More
Gambling expansion in North Carolina
News broke this week that the South Carolina Catawba Indian Tribe is seriously considering the purchase of a 45-acre tract of land in Cleveland County to establish a casino attraction just off... Read More
Is McCrory misleading or uninformed on renewable energy?
Weekly John Locke Foundation research division newsletter focusing on environmental issues. This newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks as well as items in the... Read More
Common Core is a common sense plan
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 16, 2013. Even with Congress in recess and the N.C. General Assembly home after its 2013 session, the political silly season shows little sign of ending. The... Read More
The good sense of voter ID
Editorial by The National Review, 15, 2013. It is either the case that African Americans, young people, old people, and poor people labor under some onerous yet curiously undetectable burden that... Read More
Gov. McCrory’s Cronies Get Big Raises as Teachers Struggle and His Poll Numbers Plummet
by Myron Pitts, Fayetteville Observer, August 15, 2013. They call it “shared sacrifice.” Reports have emerged that two twenty-something guys who work for the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human... Read More
McCrory's true approval ratings?
The N&O reports on contrasting polling results on Gov. McCrory that were released this week: Pat McCrory's camp released internal poll numbers Wednesday showing his job approval rating at 48 percent... Read More
Lawmakers may return to override McCrory veto
Gov. McCrory just vetoed his first bill of the 2013 Legislation Session. The bill he vetoed is HB 392 “Warrant Status/ Drug Screen Public Assistance.” Civitas recently reported on the bill... Read More
We need an app for gridlock
The disconnect technology in our schools Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 14, 2013. On a Thursday in early June, President Barack Obama visited Mooresville Middle School, where students in... Read More
