Senate pulls tax-limiting amendment from calendar
An effort to cap the state income tax rate was removed quietly from the Senate’s calendar on Wednesday, one day after that body’s Finance Committee gave the proposed change to the N.C... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Breaking down November's voting pool
With any general election, there are two aspects that most political analysts will start to evaluate: the composition of the possible electorate (‘who shows up’) and the behavior of that possible... Read More
It's time to scrap Certificate of Need laws
When the state sold the Dorothea Dix property to the city of Raleigh for $52 million last year, part of the deal was that proceeds from the sale would be used for mental health services. There is... Read More
Another massacre - and nothing changes
There’s simply no way to make sense of the tragedy in Orlando that left 50 people dead and 53 others wounded. It just doesn’t seem possible somehow that one human being can commit such an... Read More
Like the flag, our nation feels stuck at half staff
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 14, 2016. It’s ironic -- yet appropriately symbolic -- that on Tuesday, Flag Day, the star-spangled banner flew at half staff here and across the nation. The... Read More
Ferry division fires 11 workers
The Ocracoke community is buzzing over the firings Friday of 11 N.C. Ferry Division workers at the Silver Lake Ferry terminal operations. Word was out over the weekend after seven career employees and... Read More
Tax dispute has a solution
The federal government has just released another set of economic statistics — and they again show North Carolina has one of the fastest-growing economies in the United States. According to the... Read More
Key differences between House and Senate Budget
House and Senate budget negotiators hope to reach agreement on a $22.225 billion tax and spending bill over the next two weeks. While the two chambers agree on a number of things, including the amount... Read More
Cash doesn't dictate votes
Do state politicians have principles? To some cynical academics and activists, the only way this question can have an affirmative answer is to define the term the way comedian Groucho Marx famously... Read More
Bill allows students to choose math curricula
A bill that allows students to choose between the current or traditional math curricula passed the Senate Education Committee today. Senator Jerry Tillman (R- Moore) and Senator Chad Barefoot (R... Read More
