Voting law on trial
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 14, 2015. The voting rights trial that opened in federal court in Winston-Salem Monday is getting a wide audience but may not measure up to its big claims... Read More
NC Spin Articles
GOP claims union backing 'Moral Monday'
by Mark Binker, WRAL, July 13, 2015. The North Carolina Republican Party used a news conference in Winston-Salem Monday morning to spotlight what party leaders say is an unseemly connection between... Read More
Historic trial on NC election law starts in Winston-Salem
In a crowded second-floor federal courtroom, North Carolina’s controversial election law went on trial, and along with it, the state’s complicated racial history, less than a month before the 50th... Read More
Mandating the way to higher health costs
The U.S. Supreme Court might have saved Obamacare from having to operate as written, but the landmark decision in King v. Burwell has not deterred those on the right side of the political debate... Read More
A one-step fix for North Carolina's budget
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 12, 2015. There’s one person who can take one bold step to fix one big problem with the N.C. legislature’s budget process. It would be a politically risky... Read More
State falls short in addressing coal ash fears
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 13, 2015. They live in places around North Carolina such as Salisbury, Moncure, Eden, Belews Creek and Wilmington. They live in Lumberton, site of a shuttered... Read More
A foundation for growth
Would North Carolinians ever vote to elect Donald Trump or somebody like him? We did once. When we did, we proved that North Carolinians, like voters across America, can be attracted to tough-talking... Read More
Buncombe Bob or Bunkum Trump?
Would North Carolinians ever vote to elect Donald Trump or somebody like him? We did once. When we did, we proved that North Carolinians, like voters across America, can be attracted to tough-talking... Read More
State budget needs a swift resolution
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 11, 2015. State lawmakers head back to Raleigh Monday night after taking a post-July 4 vacation. They probably need the rest. There’s a lot of work left to... Read More
Legislators face long, arduous summer
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 11, 2015. State lawmakers will return Monday to Raleigh from a weeklong holiday break to find a lot of unfinished business waiting for them. The first order of... Read More
