A showdown between Gov. Pat McCrory and leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly brought two former governors to a Raleigh courtroom Thursday to hear lawyers argue what could become a landmark... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory's $21.5 billion budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year would follow through on promises to raise the state's minimum starting salary for teachers to $35,000 per year and plow more into... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, March 3, 2015. An increase sought by Gov. Pat McCrory in a state economic-development incentive is likely to incite yet more urban-envy among legislators from the state... Read More
Something fascinating happened during this week’s House debate over economic incentive programs for businesses that could have a bigger impact on the state than whatever incentives the General... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount, Telegram, March 4, 2015. The N.C. General Assembly is wrangling over competing bills in the N.C. House and N.C. Senate aimed at raising the state’s gasoline tax to help... Read More
Over the past four years, state policymakers in Raleigh have adopted a series of sweeping changes in public policy, including a new state tax code, school choice, new energy policies, election laws... Read More
The state should not interfere with local governments, Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday. He made that comment when News & Record Editorial Editor Allen Johnson asked him for his opinion of state Sen... Read More
Months before Gov. Pat McCrory set about building the spending proposal he’s set to promote on Thursday morning, its foundation shifted. A new state law has ended the decades-old practice of... Read More
Loretta Lynch, a highly regarded federal prosecutor, is likely to become the first attorney general from North Carolina in American history. Her Senate confirmation is likely to come over the... Read More
The HPU Poll finds that job approval ratings for public officials and legislatures remain relatively low while the public increasingly views the world as more dangerous for the U.S. and its people... Read More
