One of the most telling moments in the consideration of the Senate budget this week came toward the end of Wednesday’s floor debate when powerful Senate Rules Chair and Republican enforcer Tom... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 19,2015. The N.C. House and Senate have completed work on their budget proposals and left themselves staring across a fiscal Grand Canyon - a $700 million... Read More
North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor. Today, out of nowhere, Republicans in the state Senate and House... Read More
In a stunning development, the General Assembly has virtually repealed the voter ID requirement. Note how on our current web page a featured story by Susan Myrickshows how the actual facts have... Read More
Just as the first Monday in October marks the opening of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, the last days of June signal the announcement of opinions in the court’s most high-profile cases. That... Read More
The Charlotte Chamber serves an area of 1.2 million, and the Roanoke Valley Chamber’s is 125,000. Even though our communities are vastly different, we have more in common than not. We both work hard... Read More
Every year when the budget comes out people focus on the big items such as education and Medicaid, but what about those small things that no one really talks about? I want to highlight some of those... Read More
by John Murawski, The Charlotte Observer, June 17, 2015. An imminent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on subsidies under the Affordable Care Act could unleash “incredible chaos” in North... Read More
by Matthew Burns, WRAL, June 17, 2015. Ten people, including state NAACP President Rev. William Barber, were arrested Wednesday at the Legislative Building in the latest protest of the General... Read More
After a long debate over tax cuts and education spending, the state Senate voted 30-19 Wednesday to tentatively approve its $21.5 billion spending plan. While senators sparred over sales tax... Read More
