On Saturday, August 1, 2015, I had the pleasure of moderating a conversation with James Carville and Mary Matalin at the Carolinas Associated General Contractors event in Greenville, South Carolina... Read More
House Speaker Tim Moore said House and Senate budget negotiators will likely strike a deal on the bottom-line number Thursday, clearing the way for work on a final spending plan. "Conversations are... Read More
This week the N.C. State Board of Education sent a letter to the Halifax County Board of Education declaring that state education officials “will take a more direct role in the district’s budget... Read More
Extensive behind-the-scenes work to develop proposal Rep. Rob Bryan (R-Mecklenburg) may be the face of a plan to allow charter school operators to take over North Carolina’s worst performing schools... Read More
Once upon a time, crying in public was political suicide. (See Ed Muskie, 1972, in the snows of New Hampshire.) Now, we’re more in touch with politicians who are more in touch with their feelings... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 13, 2015. The N.C. legislature has enacted many unwise policies in the past few years. The Senate has just come up with the worst yet. Why the worst... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 12, 2015. The preamble to the North Carolina Constitution says the very reason the document is being established is for “the better government of this State... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory and Senate Republicans held dueling rallies Wednesday seeking support late in this year’s session from local government leaders and the public for two tax bills involving local... Read More
Legislators have set some laudable goals for reforming the state’s Medicaid system. Medicaid, as a reminder, is a health insurance program that primarily covers children, pregnant women, people with... Read More
During Monday night’s brief Senate debate over a proposed change by Senator Brent Jackson to a package of constitutional amendments that would hamstring future legislatures and threaten public... Read More
