The day before the state Senate reconvened this week and considered several pieces of controversial legislation, from complex regulatory reform to local taxes to teacher assistant funding, the... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 15, 2014. Frank Porter Graham was prophetic, even if his ideas proved unpopular in his day. Back in the 1930s, the University of North Carolina president and... Read More
House members on Friday refused to bring up for a vote a bill on business incentives that Gov. Pat McCrory and other top Republicans want. With the incentives measure in limbo, the legislative session... Read More
hree years have passed since Republican lawmakers redrew North Carolina’s political landscape with redistricting maps that Democrats and voting rights advocates have challenged as discriminatory to... Read More
Legislative leaders said Friday they're no longer planning to return to Raleigh for a special session after the November elections. That means there likely won't be a coal ash cleanup plan or a... Read More
Both the Senate and the House have agreed to return for the “August session” but it’s still up in the air what they will tackle. As I write this committee meetings are being posted and changes... Read More
Well, looking back, it was bound to happen. First, John Boehner decided to sue Obama for not enforcing the Obamacare laws and most of the House Republicans went along on the theory even if they... Read More
Senate leaders are preparing to send the House three different proposals for terms of adjournment, indicating that there's still no agreement between House and Senate leaders about when to come back... Read More
North Carolina's 33 coal ash ponds could pose a political hazard this fall as the General Assembly adjourns for the time being without finishing work on legislation to address the environmental... Read More
Senate Republicans offered solutions late Thursday to end the General Assembly's extended work session this year. But they also offered a hard bargain to House members to resolve a problem about... Read More
