On March 26, several members of the North Carolina House of Representatives filed House Bill 348 – The NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The bill, with primary sponsors Rep. Jacqueline... Read More
The big story in Raleigh and around country this week has been the attempt by religious conservatives to codify discrimination against gay men and women in the name of “religious freedom.” The... Read More
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, April 2, 2015. Ted Cruz and Roy Cooper have something in common. Both got punked by parody web sites using domain names that their campaigns should have owned. TedCruz... Read More
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, April 3, 2015. Under the heading of “Just plain weird” was this finding from the State Ethics Commission regarding gifts or services provided to lawmakers or... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, April 3, 2015. It wasn't all that long ago that a generation of Republican lawmakers in Raleigh screamed to high heaven about how state Senate leaders bottled up... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 3, 2015. North Carolina’s Republican legislature has picked another unnecessary fight. Many of its actions have prompted lawsuits that have cost millions... Read More
Raleigh is buzzing this week about Governor Pat McCrory’s tough words for his fellow Republicans running the General Assembly even though it’s not clear yet what they mean. During a radio... Read More
Democrats celebrated in November when they swept Wake County elections. It was one of the few decisive victories achieved by Democrats in North Carolina. All four Democratic candidates won with at... Read More
McCrory signed legislation to enact a new gas tax rate. While the current gas tax was 37.5ў per gallon and the new legislation drops it to 36ў, which is technically a decrease in the rate. What... Read More
In 2013 North Carolina approved legislation to assign performance grades for all North Carolina public schools. The legislation required the Department of Public Instruction to assign letter grades (A... Read More
