Soul mates fall out
For years they’ve been the best of buddies. Soul mates. Like peas and carrots. But, now, they’ve had a falling out…followed by blows being struck. Reaching into the treasury in Washington... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The stark choices between budget hyperbole and bluster
Every year at the General Assembly members of the majority party in the House and Senate describe the budget put together by their chamber’s leaders as the best possible budget for North Carolina... Read More
Budget crunch time
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, June 24, 2014. Expect this week to bring good deal of posturing in Raleigh, as legislative leaders and Gov. Pat McCrory try to reconcile three budget proposals that... Read More
Jump the judge
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 24, 2014. The state Senate recently approved what could be called the Judge Robert H. Hobgood provision. Hobgood has been a thorn in the side to legislative... Read More
One party, but no unity on budget
Editorial by News and Observer, June 24, 2014. At the federal level, the gulf between the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-controlled House is a given and legislative gridlock is the... Read More
Stam calls pedophilia, sadism 'sexual orientations'
Advocates for gay and lesbian North Carolinians are calling on House Speaker Thom Tillis to explain his position on GLBT issues after inflammatory remarks on the House floor debate Tuesday by Tillis... Read More
NC Lawmakers may pass abbreviated budget, go home
North Carolina lawmakers may approve a "mini-budget" with a raise for public school teachers and adjourn until January without passing a complete fiscal 2015 state budget, state Sen. Tom Apodaca said... Read More
McCrory vetoes bill over review board changes
Gov. Pat McCrory vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have kept the minimum number of unemployment insurance benefits at 12 weeks because of his concern about how appointees to a review board were changed... Read More
Which Carolina is ahead?
Within hours of the announcement last week that two Charlotte-based companies, LPL Financial and The Lash Group, would relocate thousands of jobs across the border to South Carolina, political and... Read More
Crocodile tears?
Each year hospitals pay the state $135 million which, through some mysterious alchemy, morphs into the federal government paying the state a second $135 million (to care for Medicaid patients... Read More
