Senate HHS budget has game changing items
There's some interesting stuff going on in the Health and Human Services portion of the Senate's proposed budget -- including, but not limited to, allowing contracts to expire, dismantling... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Millennials will dominate 2016 politics
Which Generation of NC Voters will Dominate 2016 Politics? One of two politically valuable studies of the generational makeup of the 2016 electorate in North Carolina was published Wednesday, June... Read More
Senate budget would repeal Certificate of Need laws
Among several differences between the House and Senate budget proposals is the Senate's inclusion of an elimination of North Carolina's Certificate of Need (CON) laws. Matt Caulder at Capitol... Read More
Compare education spending today vs. eight years ago
Look at the education spending proposed in this budget compared what we spent six years ago. Spot the trend. ?#?NCBudget? Read More
The vindictiveness of the Senate's bully budget
One of the most telling moments in the consideration of the Senate budget this week came toward the end of Wednesday’s floor debate when powerful Senate Rules Chair and Republican enforcer Tom... Read More
House and Senate stare across a 'fiscal Grand Canyon'
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 19,2015. The N.C. House and Senate have completed work on their budget proposals and left themselves staring across a fiscal Grand Canyon - a $700 million... Read More
The day integrity died in North Carolina
North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor. Today, out of nowhere, Republicans in the state Senate and House... Read More
GOP caves on voter ID
In a stunning development, the General Assembly has virtually repealed the voter ID requirement. Note how on our current web page a featured story by Susan Myrickshows how the actual facts have... Read More
First Monday in October, last Monday in June. What's left for Supreme Court?
Just as the first Monday in October marks the opening of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, the last days of June signal the announcement of opinions in the court’s most high-profile cases. That... Read More
NC urgently needs to get back into the incentives game
The Charlotte Chamber serves an area of 1.2 million, and the Roanoke Valley Chamber’s is 125,000. Even though our communities are vastly different, we have more in common than not. We both work hard... Read More
