North Carolina will be dealing with what amounts to two sets of congressional elections over the next month, a chaotic situation brought about by a federal court order over redistricting. Members of... Read More
With the unexpected death of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, the 2016 political landscape has shifted dramatically, from the current divided government between a Democratic... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, February 17, 2016. In the seminal 1984 movie comedy “Ghostbusters,” one memorable line seems appropriate. A university professor about to lose his job remarks... Read More
Same forces that would block Obama Court nominee in 2016 are happy to pass laws expanding predatory lending It’s fair to say that calling out conservative leaders in Congress for talking out of both... Read More
At one elementary school in the North Carolina mountains two-thirds of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. That would make you think that the school would not fare well on the state’s A... Read More
PPP's new North Carolina poll finds yet another state where Donald Trump holds a double digit lead- but also shows the path if establishment Republicans are ever going to be able to stop Trump. Trump... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 17, 2016. It’s rare – OK, it’s never – that Republican leaders like Pat McCrory, Phil Berger and Tim Moore agree on big policy questions with... Read More
In a packed Supreme Court chamber on Tuesday, the state’s justices considered the question of whether North Carolina’s Map Act amounts to an exercise of the state’s police power — much like... Read More
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday rolled out a proposed reconfiguration of North Carolina's 13 U.S. House districts after federal judges ruled two of the current districts were unconstitutionally... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, February 16, 2016. Did anyone believe we would see gasoline for sale in Burlington for as little as $1.50 a gallon again? We didn’t see it coming. Yet there it is... Read More
