Locking in the future
by Paul O'Connor, Capitol Press Association, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, February 21, 2017. Legislative Republicans are acting as though their days are numbered. Having remade the state’s... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC's mandated middlemen hurt brewery business
by Kristie Nystedt, John Marrino and Suzie Ford, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, February 20, 2017. Imagine for a moment that you start a small business. You invest your life savings, take... Read More
Latest HB2 Repeal bill has bipartisan backing
by Matt Caulder, Capitol Connection, February 23, 2017. The latest in a string of HB 2 repeal bills was filed in the state House on Wednesday, but HB 186 has a new twist to it: Both Republicans and... Read More
No one wants oversight - especially faculty
The UNC Faculty Assembly is tattling on its governing bodies. In a memo to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Assembly listed 17 “serious concerns” about the North Carolina... Read More
A Day Without Immigrants protests, calls on Cooper for support
On Thursday opponents of President Trump’s stance on illegal immigration took to the streets, leaving jobs and businesses closed for “A Day Without Immigrants” to show the effect that illegal... Read More
Better pay may yield better government
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, February 15, 2017. Give 'em a raise. That's the bottom line on lawmakers' bottom line, which is that they're working for peanuts. Peanuts is what we get back, you... Read More
NC DPI's second in command offers advice as she prepares to retire
It’ll be a matter of weeks, March 1 to be exact, before N.C. Department of Public Instruction Deputy Superintendent Rebecca Garland is expected to leave here for the last time. Her Raleigh office in... Read More
NC Voters approve job Cooper is doing, split on Trump
The latest Civitas poll has found that North Carolina voters are split when asked if they approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as President, and 50 percent say they approve of the job Roy Cooper... Read More
Up in smoke
The phones began ringing and kept on ringing and each caller said the same thing: ‘I want you to hold more ‘Town Hall’ meetings.’ Sensing a groundswell of support for Town Hall Meetings... Read More
Berger rejects Cooper's efforts to remove dark stain of HB2
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and other Republican leaders have spent the last few days desperately distorting the facts and rewriting history to try to blame Governor Roy Cooper for the... Read More
