The senators and representatives who make up North Carolina’s General Assembly let their 2015 session run on far longer than it should have. Let’s be glad that the curtain has come down. There’s... Read More
Exhibit A: The feds launch a grand jury investigation into no-bid, sweetheart contracts at DHHS. Exhibit B: Republicans ram through a law enabling politicians to raise unlimited money from unlimited... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 5, 2015. It’s unfortunately not surprising to hear that a federal criminal grand jury is investigating expensive contracts for high-ranking employees at... Read More
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has reversed key pieces of a trial court’s ruling favoring Asheville in a legal fight with the N.C. General Assembly over control of the... Read More
Sen. Richard M. Burr’s low-key, no-frills approach to politicking won him two Senate elections in North Carolina. Whether that carries him to a third term is up in the air. The Republican heads... Read More
The voter ID law will be back in federal court later this month. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder plans to hold a hearing Oct. 23 to get an update on efforts to settle the legal claims... Read More
Finally. With the 2015 General Assembly adjourned, there’s a lot for conservatives to celebrate. This was a session built on the principles that started to turn the state around in 2011. The third... Read More
by D. G. Martin, One-on-one and NC Bookwatch on UNC-TV, October 5, 2015. I know the kind of candidate the Republicans need to beat Hillary Clinton or any other Democratic candidate in next fall’s... Read More
If you follow the N.C. General Assembly and aren’t on Twitter, you should be. Most state government news gets broken via Twitter today, and legislators, lobbyists and reporters go there to share... Read More
The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But in September, senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system’s General Administration — who take home six... Read More
