Money grab
Exhibit A: The feds launch a grand jury investigation into no-bid, sweetheart contracts at DHHS. Exhibit B: Republicans ram through a law enabling politicians to raise unlimited money from unlimited... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Federal probe of DHHS raises more troubling questions
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 5, 2015. It’s unfortunately not surprising to hear that a federal criminal grand jury is investigating expensive contracts for high-ranking employees at... Read More
Unanimous Court of Appeals verdict allows Asheville water fight to proceed
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has reversed key pieces of a trial court’s ruling favoring Asheville in a legal fight with the N.C. General Assembly over control of the... Read More
NC is lukewarm on Burr, but lukewarm may be enough
Sen. Richard M. Burr’s low-key, no-frills approach to politicking won him two Senate elections in North Carolina. Whether that carries him to a third term is up in the air. The Republican heads... Read More
Voter ID challenge back in court later this month
The voter ID law will be back in federal court later this month. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder plans to hold a hearing Oct. 23 to get an update on efforts to settle the legal claims... Read More
Budget keeps NC on the right track
Finally. With the 2015 General Assembly adjourned, there’s a lot for conservatives to celebrate. This was a session built on the principles that started to turn the state around in 2011. The third... Read More
Jim Martin as a catalyst
by D. G. Martin, One-on-one and NC Bookwatch on UNC-TV, October 5, 2015. I know the kind of candidate the Republicans need to beat Hillary Clinton or any other Democratic candidate in next fall’s... Read More
Session tweets
If you follow the N.C. General Assembly and aren’t on Twitter, you should be. Most state government news gets broken via Twitter today, and legislators, lobbyists and reporters go there to share... Read More
UNC salaries dwarf those in other agencies
The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But in September, senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system’s General Administration — who take home six... Read More
N. C. Voters and the value of public education
NORTH CAROLINA VOTERS VALUE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WANT MORE STATE INVESTMENT The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation recently commissioned a statewide survey on voter perceptions of public education in North... Read More
