The political environment is tough for Republicans in North Carolina right now. At the national level, Donald Trump is scaring the world with reckless tweets about nuclear war with North Korea and the... Read More
Democrats love policy. We dream of being policy advisers and writing policy papers. We just know that those working-class whites who voted for Trump would love us if they got a load of our worker... Read More
States and countries that figure out how to compete in the coming jobs wars will be big economic winners, Lewis Ebert, president and CEO of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, told about... Read More
Across the state, this year’s historically crowded municipal elections have drawn new types of candidates. Young candidates. First time candidates. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender candidates... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 6, 2016. A legal battle over North Carolina’s unequal schools -- one that’s dragged on for two decades -- seems to be heading toward a sensible conclusion... Read More
When Anthony Scaramucci was appointed White House communications director, many loved his bluntness, style and handsomeness. When he went on a profanity-laced tirade — which preceded the termination... Read More
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been touring volunteer fire departments and talking to firefighters and emergency workers in all regions of our great state. These firefighters, who selflessly give... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, August 7, 2017. North Carolina voters got less than half a loaf from three federal judges last week. The decision was just one more step in tweaking an election... Read More
The legislature’s one-day session on Aug. 3 was initially supposed to be about overriding Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, but that’s not what happened during the 10-hour meeting. Cooper had issued a... Read More
Senate leaders penned a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday in response to his request for additional appropriations to monitor and study the impact the chemical known as GenX has had on the Cape... Read More
