The GOP road to Medicare for all
Republicans are again trying to repeal Obamacare. This time, they don’t know how much the effort will cost or what the impact will be. We only know that a lot of people will lose insurance coverage... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Don't blame parental choice for school funding problems
In a recent column in the News & Observer Keith Poston, President and Executive Director of the Public-School Forum, notes that budget problems in K-12 schools are happening at a time when more and... Read More
School funding task force is not answering two key questions
Last week, the General Assembly announced which legislators will serve on the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform. The Task Force, created via the 2017 budget bill, is charged... Read More
Where things stand and what's next in gerrymandering saga
The 2011 state legislative maps – which have been used in three separate election cycles and six statewide elections – are among the largest racial gerrymanders ever encountered by a federal court... Read More
Amateur Hour on the Board of Governors
Editorial by News and Observer, reprinted in The Burlington Times-News, September 21, 2017. Now 15 members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors have criticized in a letter UNC system... Read More
Lawmakers asked to pump the brakes on judicial redistricting
The House redistricting committee held its second meeting on Tuesday to look at undertaking the first state judicial district overhaul in recent years. Comments were heard from those currently in the... Read More
Matthew recovery is state's problem now
While the nation focuses on Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey, North Carolina still doesn’t have the money it needs to rebuild from Hurricane Matthew. Yes, it’s been nearly a year since... Read More
Let a commission redraw judicial districts
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 13, 2017. We’re not about to argue that a thorough updating of our state’s judicial districts is unnecessary. The last large-scale redrawing of the... Read More
Budget cuts unfair
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 15, 2017. Politics is politics, but the budget cuts made by the Republican-led state legislature to Democratic-run state offices is not good government... Read More
