Tom Campell moderates this panel discussion on tax reform, which was held Feb. 26, 2013 as part of the NC Farm Bureau Leadership Conference. The panelists are Senator Bob Rucho, sponsor of the tax... Read More
Belonging to a political party and espousing values that define political ideology on a spectrum are not always the easiest concepts to grasp. Many folks respond to poll questions about their ideology... Read More
The American Association of School Administrators recently honored Mark Edwards, Superintendent of the Mooresville Graded School District, as National Superintendent of the Year. In making the... Read More
Democrats took a thumpkin’ in 2010 and 2012 North Carolina elections. For more than a century they ruled the roost in state government (with the exception of Governors Holshouser and Martin and the... Read More
Furious that Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led legislature has turned down the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, Democratic lawmakers, liberal scholars, and left-wing activists have... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory could have gone a couple of ways with his widely-anticipated State of the State speech Monday night. He could have laid out a compelling vision for the future of North Carolina... Read More
A review of state government should be conducted about every twenty-five years. The review should be one part of a CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW required by our constitution. Our state constitution is the way... Read More
Liked: Let me say straight off the top that I liked two policy goals mentioned: cut the advertising, administrative costs of the lottery and apply money to kids and technology in education. The... Read More
North Carolina’s lackluster economy is the top political issue. Voters who pay scant attention to legislative sessions and partisan dust-ups in Raleigh view state leaders primarily through the... Read More
Now that the North Carolina legislature has sent a clear signal that it opposes both Medicaid expansion and a state-based health exchange, the state capital is abuzz with complaints and speculations... Read More
