Senate approves $21.1B spending plan
After a long and contentious night, the state Senate approved its $21.1 billion spending plan for 2014-15 early Saturday. Votes were held Friday night and shortly after midnight Saturday. The first... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Civitas Poll: Tillis leading Hagan
RALEIGH – The latest Civitas Institute Poll shows state House Speaker Thom Tillis, the Republican candidate, leading Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan in the race for the U.S. Senate. Tillis leads... Read More
Tenure trap
If you did a poll – and Senator Berger surely has – you’d probably get overwhelming support for this proposition: “Should public school teachers get an 11 per cent raise in exchange for giving... Read More
The Follies of the Senate's cynical and dangerous budget
Many of the headlines about the state budget Senate leaders rolled out this week describe it as taking the state in a different direction or remaking North Carolina. True enough, but that’s not the... Read More
New Utility tax another punch in the nose
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, May 28, 2014. Just as we’ve begun warming up to the possibility of a business deal that could lead to a significant reduction in utility bills, news comes this... Read More
McCrory opposes teacher pay plan, budget
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Thursday said he had problems with the Senate's plan to give teachers raises in exchange for them voluntarily giving up tenure-style protections. McCrory's office... Read More
Senate budget would cut elderly, blind and disabled from Medicaid rolls
The Senate budget proposal upends the state Department of Health and Human Services by moving to take away its biggest responsibility, Medicaid. At the same time it would cut thousands of elderly and... Read More
Quieting GOP dissent
Rep. Bob Brawley could be a poster boy for today’s Republican Party. He distrusts government, espouses lower taxes, votes pro-business, and in the 2013-14 General Assembly he has co-sponsored bills... Read More
No NC Congressmen targeted in $44 million Fall tv ad buy
North Carolina Implications: No North Carolina Congressional race is on the list of the 39 targets. That’s because there are no opportunities for Democrats to pick up a seat in North Carolina in... Read More
Where is Paul Harvey when you need him?
14 folks from all over North Carolina got arrested in the Legislative Building. They thought they were there to protest Republican actions. They got hustled by Bill Barber....and the con flopped. The... Read More
