Why stop with secret budget negotiations?
The email chain you wouldn’t be surprised to see on Jones Street From: Gipper-HUACin2017@NCGOP.com (McCarthy, Reagan – Senate majority staff) Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 11:59 p.m. To: BigBobDDS... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Facts squelch claims in higher education funding
Ever since Republicans gained majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly in 2010 and won the governor’s office in 2012, Democrats and Progressives have lamented the decline of higher... Read More
No one's in charge of Medicaid
The Senate Bull Mooses have locked horns with the Opossum Drop Caucus over in the State House;—for years the Bull Mooses have hollered Medicaid spending was out of control and soaring but that... Read More
Best way to help Black students? School choice
Last summer’s Ferguson, Mo., disturbances revealed that while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black. Some might conclude that such a... Read More
Graham, Campolo: opposite directions on gays
Two of our country's best-known evangelists are moving in opposite directions on a highly contested social issue. "Franklin Graham is calling on Christians to boycott gay-friendly corporations," The... Read More
Bloomberg: NCAA doesn't really want to punish Carolina
The NCAA wants to let UNC off easy. The organization’s academic-fraud findings against the University of North Carolina at first glance seem tough, but the accusations are actually crafted to... Read More
New gun laws need greater scrutiny
A bill moving through the General Assembly would allow legislators and legislative employees with concealed carry permits to bring their guns to the legislative complex, including the House and Senate... Read More
Why are we eating out more?
A milestone was set in January of this year. No, it wasn’t in sports, entertainment or politics – although there may have been some records established in those areas I missed. Instead, it was a... Read More
Connect NC bonds would invest in state's future
Back home in Rocky Mount, I am often asked about my role as secretary of the N.C. Department of Administration. It’s best to think of me as the business manager for the state of North Carolina. As... Read More
GOP in the deep end
The North Carolina GOP is in deep trouble — or so say the Democrats and left-of-center commentators who are rooting for the Republicans currently leading the state to bicker, fall out, and fail. Gov... Read More
