Senator Tom Apodaca was partially right Wednesday afternoon when he lamented the inability of legislative leaders to reach a final agreement on a state budget six weeks after it was due and just days... Read More
A couple weeks ago, Democrats were having difficulty landing just one candidate to go up against Richard Burr. Now, they might have multiple. No one’s officially declared yet, but several folks have... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, August 13, 2015. We’re tempted to say, enough already. The General Assembly is unconscionably overdue in passing a state budget for a fiscal year that began six weeks... Read More
As the House and Senate work toward a final state budget compromise for this fiscal year, it’s sometimes difficult to separate serious legislative proposals that have a chance of passing both... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 14, 2015. Guilford County isn’t the richest county in the state, but it collects more sales-tax revenue than most. It would keep less of it under a Senate... Read More
On Saturday, August 1, 2015, I had the pleasure of moderating a conversation with James Carville and Mary Matalin at the Carolinas Associated General Contractors event in Greenville, South Carolina... Read More
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
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
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
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
