A new CNN poll shows the political environment getting tougher for Republicans as we head into the final months of 2017. On the generic ballot, Democrats hold a 51% to 37% advantage. Donald Trump is... Read More
A court really shouldn’t shirk away from making a finding about a constitutional violation just because it may be difficult, said the lead judge on a federal panel reviewing two North Carolina... Read More
If the rules for Raleigh’s municipal elections had applied to last year’s governor’s race, Pat McCrory would have had the power to send voters back to the polls in December. It would have been... Read More
No doubt, students will arrive at school this morning, and teachers will engage with them until the dismissal bell without giving a thought to the education governance issues facing North Carolina... Read More
A Senate leader, on Tuesday, filed legislation that would put a constitutional change in front of voters during the 2018 primary to shorten the terms of the state’s elected judges from four and... Read More
WRAL.com today has an interesting feature article examining the recent track record of North Carolina’s corporate welfare programs. Spoiler alert: the results are not pretty. In the wake of the... Read More
One of my favorite games as a child was Monopoly. On a Saturday morning my mother would announce, “tonight is Monopoly night.” That evening the family would gather around the dining room table and... Read More
Hypocrisy in politics is hardly a new phenomenon but rarely is it as boldly on display as it was last week from Republican legislative leaders during the latest of the now monthly special sessions of... Read More
Back when I used to commission regular surveys of North Carolina voters, one of my favorite questions had to do with tax fairness. The wording varied over time, but here’s essentially what we asked... Read More
A three-judge panel overseeing the federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s legislative election maps wants names of at least three people who could draw new sets of maps. The panel made no... Read More
