The cure
To hear the good ole boys in the State Senate tell it they’re going to cure all our Medicaid ills: No more soaring costs. Better care. Budgets that balance. No more meltdowns. MCOs, they say, will... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The Friday Follies
A new found expeditiousness about the overdue budget There finally seems to be some urgency to pass a budget at the General Assembly, six weeks after it was due and just a week before school starts... Read More
Millennials forcing politicians to change their approach
Wednesday’s Charlotte Talks will speak with Kristen Soltis Anderson, author of “The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America,” along with a researcher from the Pew Research Center... Read More
Examining misleading claims about Colorado's Taxpayer Protection Act
NOTE: This week the NC Senate approved a Taxpayer Protection Act that would enact restraints on the annual growth rate of the state budget. (For more on the legislation, go to NC Capitol Connection... Read More
Enough is enough at the General Assembly
Senator Tom Apodaca was partially right Wednesday afternoon when he lamented the inability of legislative leaders to reach a final agreement on a state budget six weeks after it was due and just days... Read More
Democratic primary deja vu?
A couple weeks ago, Democrats were having difficulty landing just one candidate to go up against Richard Burr. Now, they might have multiple. No one’s officially declared yet, but several folks have... Read More
We want a budget - but not a bad one
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, August 13, 2015. We’re tempted to say, enough already. The General Assembly is unconscionably overdue in passing a state budget for a fiscal year that began six weeks... Read More
Budget battle: How much to spend?
As the House and Senate work toward a final state budget compromise for this fiscal year, it’s sometimes difficult to separate serious legislative proposals that have a chance of passing both... Read More
Steal the wealth
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 14, 2015. Guilford County isn’t the richest county in the state, but it collects more sales-tax revenue than most. It would keep less of it under a Senate... Read More
