A misguided campaign strategy using HB2
Do you want to know why the Left has tried to make North Carolina politics into an “all HB2, all the time” zone? Here are some reasons: ? Since mid-2013, when Gov. Pat McCrory’s first budgets... Read More
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Long-term care for Seniors putting financial strain on Medicaid
This N&O article takes a closer look at the financial challenges presented by the swelling ranks of senior citizens and the rising costs of long-term care. This issue is a key issue that states need... Read More
The follies of McCrory's demagoguery on HB2
In April NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league would move its 2017 all-star game out of Charlotte if state officials did not make major changes to HB2, the sweeping anti-LGBT legislation passed... Read More
A frustrated legislator bids adieu after two terms
Frustrated, defeated and over it. Those words sum up the feelings of N.C. Rep. Nathan Baskerville, a Henderson Democrat, as he finishes his second, two-year term in the N.C. House. He is not running... Read More
The looming GOP disaster in North Carolina
North Carolina Republicans this year will get to experience what we Democrats went through in so many presidential elections: how to avoid going down with the Titanic. Because the S.S. Trump is going... Read More
A short, busy, largely successful session
The N.C. General Assembly’s 2016-17 short session is over, the legislature has adjourned, and everyone is back in his or her district — either planning retirement or campaigning. A total of... Read More
Our two great Robert Morgans
North Carolinians of my generation have been blessed with two important Robert Morgans. One is the mountain-born-and-raised and acclaimed writer who is featured this week on North Carolina Bookwatch... Read More
Can NC Treasurers serve two masters?
by Matt Caulder, Capitol Connection, July 21, 2016. Following the news that State Treasurer Janet Cowell has joined the boards of two companies based in the Triangle, while she is still in office, the... Read More
Actions vs. words in conservatives' treatment of women
Too often men in powerful positions abuse women. The pathetic advances plied upon women in subordinate positions is as bad as the misosgynist lyrics to violent songs which demean women yet command our... Read More
The truth about NC education spending
Fact check shows Pope-Civitas Institute used backwards math to tell false story on public schools budgets A recent post from Bob Luebke at the right-wing Pope-Civitas Institute incorrectly argues... Read More
