McCrory's moment has arrived
The people of North Carolina are about to find out if they have a governor with a mind and an agenda of his own or a weak and mostly ceremonial leader who is unwilling or unable to stand up to the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Connaughton: Economy to cool slightly in 2014
by Steve Cranford, Charlotte Business Journal, June 3, 2014. The North Carolina economy should grow at an inflation-adjusted rate of 1.9 percent in 2014, down from 2.3 percent last year, according to... Read More
To pay more, employ fewer
If Gov. Pat McCrory and the General Assembly enact a 2014-15 budget that eliminates some government positions in order to fund pay raises for other government employees, they’ll get criticized in... Read More
The tenure trade-off
Editorial by Salisbury Post, June 1, 2014. We’ve entered the most difficult time of the school year for teachers — the time when lawmakers bat around ideas about how to pay them for educating our... Read More
McCrory says Medicaid budget has $60 million shortfall
Federal regulators have rejected a plan from Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration to tax some managed-care Medicaid providers as a way to draw down more federal money for the state budget. The result... Read More
Support grows for moving SBI to Public Safety Department
by Craig Jarvis, News and Observer, June 3, 2014. Support for moving the State Bureau of Investigation under the governor’s control solidified Tuesday, as the proposal picked up support in the House... Read More
'Mean' Republicans may be NC's last, best hope against economic ruin
Close your eyes and you can almost see the Democrats’ vision for North Carolina. In this corner are expanded Medicaid benefits; in that corner are 99 weeks of unemployment insurance – though why... Read More
NC Lawmakers must face up to the fallout of disastrous tax cuts
After overhauling taxes last year in a way that significantly reduced state resources and shifted the tax load away from the wealthiest taxpayers and profitable corporations and onto ordinary North... Read More
Let's pay legislators more if they give up their job security
Our state legislators haven’t gotten a pay raise in years. Their salaries are among the worst in the country. I’m for giving them more. A lot more. But not without some strings attached. I’m... Read More
Bad bill of the week: SB 730 - Medicaid expansion
This week’s bad bill would subject half a million North Carolinians to an already overcrowded Medicaid system and strain its already skyrocketing and bloated budget. Senate Bill 730, sponsored by... Read More
