More guns, more guns, more guns
One of the most interesting responses by the General Assembly to a public still anxious about making ends meet in this uneven economic recovery is the push to make it easier to take a hidden and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Thom Tillis should just go away
by Thomas Mills, Politics North Carolina, April 30, 2015. Thom Tillis really just needs to go away. Six months after being elected to the Senate, his approval ratings are in the tank. As long as he... Read More
State tax revenue increased 2.2 percent in 2014
by Sarah Curry, John Locke Foundation, April 30, 2015. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the 2014 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections, which shows that tax revenue increased... Read More
Solar takes a big hit from the House
Late last night the NC House approved an amendment to an otherwise little-discussed regulatory reform bill. The amendment would cap the state's renewable energy portfolio standard and eliminate the... Read More
Lawmakers work late into the night
The House passed roughly 70 bills during 10 hours of floor debate Wednesday and early Thursday as crossover loomed, finally adjourning at 2:26 a.m. with no plans to take more votes until Tuesday... Read More
Poverty Center's loss is UNC's gain
On Feb. 27, the UNC Board of Governors voted to close the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at its Chapel Hill campus. Many on the left and faculty within the UNC system argued the board’s... Read More
Lawmakers push raft of education bills in advance of crossover deadline
As the April 30 ‘crossover deadline’ nears — at which point a bill must be passed by one legislative house in order to have a shot at becoming law — members of the General Assembly scrambled... Read More
Alvin York
I didn’t see much sense in making a lady in Indiana (or anywhere else) cater a gay wedding if she didn’t want to, so I said the Religious Freedom Act sounded like a fine idea – which turned out... Read More
Duke, legislature must confront contamination near coal-ash dumps
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 28, 2015. Here in North Carolina, we take clean water for granted - until we can’t. Some residents near Duke Energy coal ash dumps, including the one at... Read More
Still not prosperous
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 29, 2015. A report published last week adds grim context to good news about North Carolina’s 5.4 percent unemployment rate. While more people are working... Read More
