BOMs away
Democrats and progressives routinely decry Big Outside Money (BOM). Maybe they should recalculate. BOM has fundamentally reshaped the U.S. Senate race – in favor of Senator Hagan and against Speaker... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Teacher pay raises not good to NCAE
Are teachers receiving a pay increase? Yes, and it is big. On average, teachers will receive a 7 percent increase. Teachers in their first 11 years in the classroom will receive the largest raises... Read More
NC Budget pays for teacher raises from reserves, lottery, cuts to programs
The driving force behind the Republican-written $21.25 billion budget the Senate approved around 12:30 a.m. Friday was to substantially increase teacher pay by moving money around in whatever... Read More
Senate approves $21.1 billion budget deal
The state Senate gave final approval early Friday to a $21.1 billion compromise spending plan for the year, despite complaints from teachers and Democrats that legislative leaders' claims about pay... Read More
Fall weather hard to forecast
As North Carolina’s legislative session draws to a close and we enter the last quarter of the 2014 campaign season, Democrats are hoping it will be a rerun of 1998. Republicans are hoping that it... Read More
Two North Carolinas
Shades of John Edwards and “Two Americas!” The state Senate seemed to channel the former Senator in the debate over how to help the state’s stagnating rural areas keep up with booming urban... Read More
Progress despite the objection of our leaders
It seems fitting somehow that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced the decision that marks another major step toward marriage equality in North Carolina this week, just a few days after... Read More
Should NC subsidize solar industry? No
Trains are notoriously hard to slow down – even when we need them to. North Carolina’s solar subsidies, some of the most generous in the nation, are sort of like a runaway train that just keeps... Read More
Should NC subsidize solar energy industry? Yes.
Given your background on Republican political campaigns, why would you take a job working for green energy?” I endured this question for several months after accepting a position as the Director of... Read More
Time to rethink NC elections
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 30, 2014. The recent Republican U.S. Senate primary in Mississippi should spur creative thinking about North Carolina’s election system. Other states offer... Read More
