Last minute political slush fund bill draws opposition from across the spectrum It should probably come as no surprise given the relentless drive of North Carolina conservatives to accumulate... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 28, 2015. From the day the state started moving mentally ill people out of the hospitals and back into their home communities, our mental-health system... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 29, 2015. It won't do everything Gov. Pat McCrory wanted, nor everything the state needs. But a $2 billion bond proposal that is moving toward legislative... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 29, 2015. For once, it seems, South Carolina fares better at something we don’t want to be as good at. The Palmetto State’s obesity rate of... Read More
With the legislative session drawing quickly to a close now is the time when many political observers start analyzing who are the biggest winners and losers of the legislative session. When you take a... Read More
Republicans have a large field of serious contenders seeking their party’s presidential nomination. Democrats don’t. Why? The Clinton factor may be one reason. While Hillary may not thrill... Read More
As I write and you read, legislators have allegedly made final closed-door agreements on Certificate of Need (CON) reform — a law in which statists protect established health care facilities and... Read More
When the N.C. General Assembly finally ends its session this week, it will have been one of the longest and most expensive in more than a decade. The long, contentious session has run nearly three... Read More
House Speaker John Boehner's resignation Friday will increase the stature of 11th District U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows in Washington and North Carolina, two political scientists said, even though both said... Read More
On last week’s Domecast, the state government podcast of the News & Observer and the Insider, we asked legislators who they believed made the best cases for and against the $21.7 billion state... Read More
