House OKs tougher DWI laws
The N.C. House voted Monday night to toughen two state laws targeting repeat drunken drivers. Both bills were sponsored by Democratic Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County, and they garnered support from... Read More
NC Spin Articles
McCrory amends ethics report to show others paid for seven trips
Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday filed new ethics disclosure forms that show seven previously unreported trips valued at about $13,000 in 2013. The governor’s office said late Monday it is gathering... Read More
Public servants should not choose which members of the public they serve
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, March 6, 2015. Public servants do not get to choose which members of the public they serve. But the state Senate would make an exception if those employees don’t... Read More
Punishing success
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, reprinted in Greenville Daily Reflector, March 9, 2015. An increase sought by Gov. Pat McCrory in a state economic-development incentive is likely to incite yet more... Read More
Poverty Center closing has this fringe benefit
by Jim Tynen, Capitol Connection, Civitas Institute, March 6, 2015. The wailing and whining following the closing of a University of North Carolina-based center has at least one fringe benefit: it... Read More
Aycock name removal is 'de-Stalinization' in North Carolina
Gov. Charles Brantley Aycock was a hero and role model to many of the progressive leaders in North Carolina’s history. Gov. Kerr Scott (1949-53) would speak reverentially of the time when the great... Read More
Fiscal issues divide Republicans
Now that Gov. Pat McCrory has released his budget proposal for the 2015-17 biennium, there are at least two fiscal issues dividing North Carolina Republicans this year. Before discussing them, however... Read More
Ideologues drive the train
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, March 3, 2015. The GOP’s makers-and-takers narrative is alive and well in North Carolina. Ned Barnett’s profile of state Senator Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg... Read More
McCrory's budget: Gas tax hikes, billions in new debt
Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday released his budget proposal for the next biennium. In odd-numbered years like this one, the legislature passes a two-year budget plan, and the following year will make... Read More
The follies of McCrory's forgettable budget
The summary released this week with Governor Pat McCrory’s budget recommendations for the next two years starts out with a falsehood. The first sentence in the first section of the highlights of the... Read More
