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Spotlight turns to state courts

One key consequence of the 2016 elections in North Carolina was that the state’s court system drew a great deal of attention. You can expect that attention to continue, and perhaps to lead to...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 29, 2016


GOP can't blame Dems for HB2 failure

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 23, 2016. Everyone expected the General Assembly to repeal HB2, the "bathroom law" that demands that transgender people who look like women go into men's...    Read More

December 23, 2016

McCrory addresses failed special session

by Matt Caulder, NC Capitol Connection, December 22, 2016. Gov. Pat McCrory addressed the outcome of the special session intended to repeal HB 2 yesterday, which ended with HB 2 still in place, in a...    Read More

December 23, 2016

Republican power games continue long tradition

Once upon a time, a political party was faced with the loss of a branch of government to its political nemesis. It came following a rancorous and bitter election, which saw the sitting incumbent...    Read More

December 23, 2016


Governor McCrory leaves office with a whimper

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, December 20, 2016. Stop us if you’ve heard this one. The North Carolina legislature passes a bad bill and sends it to Gov. Pat McCrory. McCrory says the bill...    Read More

December 23, 2016


Trump truths

The Founding Fathers, in their wisdom, gave us the Electoral College. Now the Electoral College has given us President Trump. We know he lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes, and we know...    Read More

December 23, 2016


A plague on both their houses

The devil never sleeps; for four years the Republican powers-that-be in Raleigh worked and strained to have Pat McCrory appoint their sons, cousins, friends and contributors to patronage jobs – then...    Read More

December 23, 2016