Senate bill 20 – approved by the Senate last week – would result in a net increase of $1.2 billion in the state's gas tax over the next four years, according to legislative research projections... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 14, 2015. Many North Carolina taxpayers might be surprised to learn that, in addition to supporting public education, they’re paying for students to... Read More
Republican Sen. Richard Burr's re-election prospects next year could depend on how well his party's presidential ticket fares in North Carolina. More than any bellwether state in the country, North... Read More
Governors make lots of decisions. They propose budgets. They hire Cabinet secretaries and other key state officials. They appoint members to governing boards and licensing agencies. They sign or veto... Read More
If you could devise a way to bring in more than $1 billion in new government revenue over a few years, while cutting taxes simultaneously, you might be a miracle-worker. Yet that's what several high... Read More
An open letter to North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger To: The Honorable Phil Berger President Pro Tem of the North Carolina Senate State Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601 Dear Senator... Read More
UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham seems determined to (pardon the expression) tar the Heels’ image. When he paid $27,000 and change for the damages UNC’s football team did to Duke’s... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory has been bragging about a “Carolina Comeback.” Yet his words are falling on the deaf ears of millions of middle- and lower-income North Carolinians who have been left on the... Read More
Yes, it is a gas tax cut, as Senate Republicans call it. And yes, as they are determined not to call it, the Senate bill unveiled last Tuesday and quickly adopted Thursday is – at the same time... Read More
Each February we celebrate Valentine's Day and Black History Month. There is an important, but seldom if ever mentioned, connective link. Here it is briefly: Valentine's Day's symbol is a heart, and... Read More
