Wasting public money
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 12, 2018. The GOP-led state legislature is running up quite a tab in court with taxpayers footing the bill. It has spent almost $7 million defending against... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Tillis supports border wall, except when he doesn't
Editorial by The Charlotte Observer, reprinted in The Greenville Daily Reflector, January 10, 2018. Legislating is the art of finding bearable compromise — or at least it used to be before... Read More
How a Duke professor helped bring down NC's Congressional districts
Validation sometimes arrives quietly. Other times, it makes a splash, and for the chairman of Duke University’s math department, Tuesday’s validation was the splashy kind. Duke professor Jonathan... Read More
Possums and politics: An NC tradition ends
Possum out: Famous New Year’s event in Brasstown shockingly ends after one final descent” was the lead headline in last week’s Cherokee Scout, North Carolina’s westernmost newspaper. After... Read More
It's not priorities, it's coercion
The North Carolina legislature adjourned from their special session yesterday without addressing their latest unfunded mandate. The General Assembly passed a law requiring smaller class sizes but did... Read More
Can NC change district court elections without a constitutional amendment?
There’s a new rumor afoot about judicial reform that lawmakers may try to pass a judicial appointment system that only affects district court judges. The plan is apparently premised on the notion... Read More
Government retirees deserve cola
Our government retirees are at the heart of communities across North Carolina, keeping us safe, saving lives, maintaining our utilities, and doing the many duties that many of us often take for... Read More
Legislature needs to fix its mistakes
Editorial by Capitol Broadcasting Co., printed in Burlington Times-News, January 6, 2018. If there are any doubts about just how badly the General Assembly is doing its job, consider this: When the... Read More
A victory for moderates
Editorial by Salisbury Post, January 11, 2018. The real winners in Tuesday’s court ruling against the General Assembly’s partisan congressional maps are not the Democrats that have been shut out... Read More
