Senate offers slimmed-down budget deal
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, August 5, 2015. State Senate leaders announced Wednesday they're willing to remove several major policy items from their budget plan in order to restart stalled negotiations... Read More
NC Spin Articles
In praise of budget slowness
Democrats are surely and sorely tempted to blast Republican legislators for dallying and delaying the budget. Not so fast, my friends. Here, slow is good. Especially after Senate Capo Tom Apodaca... Read More
Bond proposal pushes the overdue budget out of the spotlight
The big story this week in the General Assembly is not the remarkably quiet budget negotiations between the House and Senate as August 14th approaches, the day that the continuing resolution keeping... Read More
Medicaid finishes fiscal year end with $130 million cash on hand
North Carolina's Medicaid agency said Tuesday that it had good financial news at the close of the second consecutive fiscal year, again registering a positive cash balance. The leftover funds may help... Read More
Turnover taints the McCrory administration
When Transportation Secretary Tony Tata abruptly announced his resignation last week, he became the latest in a series of defections from Gov. Pat McCrory's administration. Since he took the helm of... Read More
Push is needed for I-74 in Wilmington
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 3, 2015. U.S. Highway 74 is a big old tease. Just when you think you’re in for some modern interstate-like travel, the highway reverts to its old self and... Read More
'High Priority' corridor good for N.C.
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 4, 2015. Interstates carry more than cars and trucks to towns and cities. They transport goods to the marketplace. In other words, they generate business... Read More
N.C. city earns dubious distinction
If you ever thought that complaining about the tax system was a modern phenomenon, I can disabuse you of the notion in two sentences. The first, shorter one has an ancient pedigree. “The people are... Read More
Grave concerns regarding 'Opportunity Scholarship' program
As a parent, a member of the Buncombe County Board of Education, a conservative Republican, and a taxpayer, I have grave concerns about the “Opportunity Scholarship” program, which will now... Read More
McCrory praises House infrastructure bond proposal
Gov. Pat McCrory came out in support of a state House bond proposal just hours after it was announced in a press conference by Speaker Tim Moore and House leadership Monday. Earlier Monday, Jones... Read More
