6 vie to become House Speaker
Ambitious Republican legislators are clamoring to fill the top job in the state House left vacant by U.S. Sen.-elect Thom Tillis. The House speaker is one of the most powerful people in state... Read More
NC Spin Articles
McCrory sues Berger, Tillis over commission appointments
Gov. Pat McCrory and two past governors on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the legislature’s authority to create commissions and appoint members that encroach on executive branch functions. The... Read More
An outrageous blanket of secrecy over NC courts
For the first time in 40 years, North Carolina voters cast their ballots for judges without any information about pending judicial ethics complaints. This bizarre situation resulted from the last... Read More
Alabama redistricting case with implications for North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday wrestled with a thorny redistricting issue, the outcome of which may bear directly upon a similar case pending in North Carolina’s highest court. In Alabama... Read More
The polls weren't wrong. The pundits were
Those who cover politics are scrambling to figure out why the polls were so off this year. Nobody saw it coming, they say. Maybe polling is no longer a reliable practice – we might be able to get... Read More
Enough already? Not even close
The results of last week's elections aren't even official, yet the battle for one very important seat in 2016 -- North Carolina governor -- has begun in earnest. And outside groups already are... Read More
It's alive
The would-be undertakers in the media and even within the Democratic Party need to cancel their burial plans. The patient’s charts show a strong pulse. North Carolina is the only state in the... Read More
Helping low-income children means helping their families
A new report about child and family poverty from the Annie E. Casey Foundation ought to be required reading for new and returning state lawmakers and Governor Pat McCrory and his staff ought to take a... Read More
At UNC, a scandal of academics and poor governance, not athletics
For years we have been hearing about the “athletic” or “academic-athletic” scandal at UNC. Maybe I am missing something, but where was the athletic scandal? Were teams shaving points? Were... Read More
NC House gets controversial $125,000 facelift
Crews started work this week on a $125,000 renovation to the N.C. House chamber – a project that prompted outcry and confusion from legislators who didn’t approve the expense. The room that has... Read More
