Bouncing budgets
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 2, 2014. The state House spending plan hit the Senate like a rubber check Monday. It bounced right back. The 41-page budget modification bill approved... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Dry run of NC's voter ID law hits a few bumps
The May primary was kind of a dry run for North Carolina’s new politically charged voter ID law. Although the law does not go into effect until 2016, primary voters were asked by polling officials... Read More
Mary Willingham files suit against UNC Chapel Hill
Mary Willingham, the former UNC-Chapel Hill reading specialist who contends the university values the eligibility of its student athletes more than academic integrity, claims in a lawsuit filed this... Read More
N.C. Senate contests Gov. McCrory's rebound
Gov. Pat McCrory began the year looking for a fresh start. A rough first year plagued by missteps put his approval ratings underwater and diminished his clout as state lawmakers drove the policy... Read More
Serve a different plate
As often happens at the North Carolina General Assembly, the new fiscal year has begun with the House and Senate have yet to complete their work on a budget-adjustment bill. Medicaid funding, teacher... Read More
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming
Maybe Chad Barefoot really believes Putin reared his head and Russia reached its tentacles into the anti-fracking forces in North Carolina. Or maybe it’s just a cynical attempt to raise money... Read More
Who captured whom?
As much as I admire the Old Bull Mooses’ single-minded pertinacity, I’ve been unkind lately to the State Senate but at dinner last night Conor, who may be the last of the Jessecrats, set me... Read More
Driver ed programs need to remain affordable
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 30, 2014. The N.C. Senate is wrong to propose cutting money for school-based driver education programs; the House would be making a huge mistake to go along... Read More
Senate, House remain divided on budget numbers
The NC Senate last night rejected a proposed "mini-budget" that had last week been approved by the House. The main sticking point between the two chambers continues to be projected funding needs for... Read More
Hobby Lobby ruling expands corporate rights
Editorial by News and Observer, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling Monday that closely held corporations cannot be required to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees brought... Read More
