Policies should encourage teenage voting
Editorial by Durham Herald Sun, June 22, 2017. Our youngest citizens are the group least likely to vote – and have been for years. Since voting is a pretty basic part of our civic obligations, it... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Shifting the tax burden
The Republican who introduced a bill that allows municipalities to offer a .25ў sales tax exposes the folly of the GOP tax cuts over the last few years and the negative impact they’re having on... Read More
Midterm spread favors the Democrats
It would be very surprising if North Carolina Democrats didn’t make significant gains in the next election for General Assembly — whenever that may be. Normally, we’d be talking in the summer of... Read More
Common sense in government
For years Johnston County’s school superintendent accepted fringe benefits as a compliment to his salary then, just before he retired, he turned $94,000 in ‘fringe benefits’ into salary to... Read More
Is North Carolina the future of American politics?
On the last Thursday in March, the air horns returned to the governor’s mansion in Raleigh, N.C. There were about 75 of them, and they belonged to the Air Horn Orchestra, an ad hoc ensemble of... Read More
Final budget fails to strengthen the foundation of public schools
The final budget that lawmakers have proposed fails to strengthen the foundation of North Carolina’s public schools. While the public schools area of the budget seems to have a lot going on – one... Read More
Overview of state budget
Representatives from the North Carolina House and Senate released their “compromise” budget bill Monday evening. Total spending in the plan comes to $23.03 billion, slightly more than the... Read More
Treasurer Folwell's quick response
I have just spent a couple of hours trying to negotiate the State Health Plan eligibility exercise and am still steaming about the difficulty I had following its directions. Others may have a better... Read More
We pay but have no say in charter schools
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Salisbury Post, June 22, 2017. Decades from now, the most enduring and defining mark of this Republican legislature may well be charter schools. In... Read More
Supreme Court appears ready to rule on 'Political Question' in redistricting
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Wisconsin redistricting case and consider whether partisan gerrymandering is constitutional. In the past, the courts have deferred on answering whether... Read More
