Since taking control of the N.C. House and Senate in 2011, Republicans on Jones Street have weathered their fair share of criticism – and that may be the understatement of the decade. They have been... Read More
A federal appeals court wants to examine swiftly a trial judge’s ruling this week upholding North Carolina’s voting law changes, which include a photo identification mandate to cast a ballot in... Read More
Here are two questions for those who support additional state spending on North Carolina’s public schools. First, would you rather see spending go up by $543 million or $332 million in the next... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, April 28, 2016. If there were ever any question about the intentions of Republican lawmakers who scrambled to pass House Bill 2 in special session earlier this year... Read More
The man in the senate who controls House Bill 2's path once it crosses the aisle said state Republicans may leave the bill's fate up to a vote of the people. Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-Buncombe/Henderson... Read More
When you ask North Carolina voters to name the top election issue in state politics, the most common answer — unless we are in the midst of a recession — is education. That answer makes good sense... Read More
The board governing North Carolina's State Health Plan voted Wednesday to tweak one of its more popular insurance plans but reaffirmed that it has dropped an earlier proposal to scrap the plan... Read More
Like all Gaul, the Republican Party is divided into three parts, and all three seem to be at war with each, in North Carolina and nationally. In North Carolina, the Cultural Conservatives (Part I) who... Read More
PPP's new North Carolina poll finds minimal support from voters in the state for HB 2, and that voters think its passage has hurt the state in several ways. Just 36% of voters in the state support HB... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory's office lit in to the Human Rights Campaign ("more powerful than the NRA") this afternoon, reporting it didn't turn in as many petitions opposing HB 2 as it claimed, and that most... Read More
