No state budget means no Medicaid expansion this fall
A new start date will not be announced until a new final authority and start date is provided by the legislature. Read More
NC Spin Articles
Our NC economy needs more and better access to Washington National Airport
An outdated federal policy results in a lot of North Carolina commuters flying to the Washington DC region but then still having to commute for an hour or more to actually get to Washington, DC. Read More
Election integrity, huh? The truth about the political right's election law agenda
Cooper's veto against voter suppression will prove, like many of his vetoes, to have been on the right side of history. Read More
Earls is right - legislature should reform Judicial Standards now
Our judicial candidates should have their political speech solely and exclusively judged by the voters. Read More
The parking lot theory
Sins of omission and sins of commission fill our tax filings, our transcripts, our resumes. What do we think will happen when the rule of law is increasingly ignored? Read More
Can we disagree more constructively?
Friends can often differently about issues. Sometimes constructive discussions about issues fails to change their thinking. Read More
Mark Meadows long and winding road
One-time backbench congressman from western NC is now an indicted Trump co-conspirator Read More
MecDec lives
Was the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence the first declaration? It remains controversial. Read More
They heard it on TV
When Fox, CNN and MSNBC came on the media scene it looked like a step in the right direction. It wasn't. Read More
Why do we let our General Assembly dismantle public education?
We either just don’t care, or don’t know what’s going on, or like what we see. Read More
