Governor Roy Cooper’s decision to wait to announce his cabinet appointments until after his swearing in is highly unusual as reported in this recent Civitas article. In the article, Francis De Luca... Read More
The weather forecast this weekend is the Universe’s way of preparing North Carolina for the next four years: Big storms are coming, nobody can predict what will happen and there is maximum risk to... Read More
We are only a few days into the New Year but two starkly different political styles are already on display in Raleigh. Newly elected Governor Roy Cooper is beginning his term by methodically... Read More
What a difference a governor makes! Just a week or so ago, people were asking, “With veto proof majorities in the legislature, what can Roy Cooper do?” Well, yesterday he told us. He can try to... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 5, 2017. Gov. Roy Cooper named cabinet secretaries and “caretaker supervisors” to run his fledgling administration Tuesday. He’s starting out like no... Read More
by Laura Leslie and Mark Binker, WRAL, January 4, 2017. Gov. Roy Cooper urged North Carolina business leaders Wednesday to support his efforts to repeal a state law limiting LGBT rights, expand... Read More
Three federal judges on Wednesday denied a request by state lawmakers to postpone their earlier order requiring new state House and state Senate districts be drawn and elections be held this year. The... Read More
North Carolina's newly elected Superintendent of Public Instruction says urgent changes are needed to fix the state's "outdated" public school system and said his first order of business will be to... Read More
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced his plans today to circumvent the Republican-led General Assembly, and expand North Carolina’s Medicaid enrollment, requesting an amendment to the state’s... Read More
It was 30 years ago that I founded my first conservative organization. It was a student magazine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My compatriots and I decided to name it The... Read More
