Moore: Budget deal in sight
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
NC Spin Articles
Lessons from the Halifax takeover
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
Out of state money funding secret plan to takeover worst public schools
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
Tears in the mansion
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
The worst idea yet
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
State budget process is broken
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
Dueling rallies for different tax bills
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
Senate's Medicaid "reform" plan is not the answer
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
Senate leaders' appalling definition of 'more than fair'
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
Don't put handcuffs on lawmakers
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 12, 2015. They call it a "Taxpayer Bill of Rights," but what it really does is prevent lawmakers from doing what they already often fail to do: think. The... Read More
