GOP lite or real Dems
It’s an argument I’ve heard for 40 years: “Southern Democrats, meet your future: No more Republican lite.” That’s the headline on a recent article by Bob Moser, Senior Editor at the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
A stark reminder of misplaced priorities
While folks inside the beltline in Raleigh were parsing every rumor about the budget dance between House and Senate leaders, a new national report provided a stark reminder of just how out of touch... Read More
Anti-urban sentiment troubling
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, July 24, 2014. The legislative majority’s disdain for the state’s largest cities continued to surface this week, this time in a bill to cap the county-controlled... Read More
Offshore drilling ahead
Decades from now, when school children in North Carolina look back on 2014, they might hear about the massive coal ash spill into the Dan River and subsequent legislation requiring cleanup of Duke... Read More
Save the subsidies
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 25, 2014. More than 350,000 North Carolina residents signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and about 90 percent qualified for federal... Read More
New coal ash landfill illustrates bigger challenge for NC
An idea of just how big North Carolina’s coal-ash problem is can be found north of the Triangle on the Virginia border in Person County. There, one small step toward cleaning up accumulated decades... Read More
NC Senate votes for Medicaid overhaul
A major Medicaid overhaul that largely disregards the wishes of health care providers, the state House and Gov. Pat McCrory won overwhelming support in the state Senate on Thursday in a 28-17 vote... Read More
Cotham: Senate bill shields salaries of for-profit charter schools
by Ann Doss Helms, Charlotte Observer, July 24, 2014. Conflict over disclosure of charter-school salaries flared anew Thursday as House Democrats said a Senate-approved bill shields for-profit... Read More
Commissioner: 'Consent to rate' requests a problem
by Monica Laliberte, WRAL, July 21, 2014. Most people think they already pay too much for homeowner's insurance, but what if the bill suddenly jumped 33 percent or even 70 percent? Many people are... Read More
Taken for a ride
Critics of a just-passed Senate bill complain that it limits the ability of Wake, Guilford, and Forsyth counties to raise sales taxes to fund proposed rail transit systems in the Triangle and Triad... Read More
