After crossover, what's next?
More than 150 bills received either House or Senate approval on Wednesday and Thursday, with scores more passing in the preceding 10 days. As lawmakers take stock of their handiwork, wrought in the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Gas line offers more benefit than damage
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, April 30, 2015. There is no win-win solution to this problem. Someone's going to lose. The battle pits landowners and environmentalists against the energy giants... Read More
Help wanted: NC higher education systems both in need of new leaders
Scott Ralls will be leaving his job as North Carolina’s community college president in a few months, leaving an opening at an institution that’s a central piece of the state’s educational and... Read More
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
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
