3-judge panel could shake up courts
After passing laws imposing new conditions on abortions and elections, taking away teacher tenure and providing vouchers for private school tuition, Republican state legislators have seen those... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Gov. Scott and the Great Bull Calf Walk
This year marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most celebrated campaign stunts in North Carolina political history, the Great Bull Calf Walk. It was a campaign stunt from an earlier era, when... Read More
Day two, but still part one
Governor McCrory’s blast at The N&O got him another day of the “blaring, top-of-the-fold” headlines he blasted. But this is just the beginning of the Coal Ash Saga. We soon will have a U.S... Read More
Foreign policy?
Thirteen years ago the terrorists blew up the World Trade Center and, since the terrorists lived in Afghanistan, we attacked Afghanistan. The terrorists then moved to Pakistan but we kept right on... Read More
The perfect ending to an undemocratic session
The day before the state Senate reconvened this week and considered several pieces of controversial legislation, from complex regulatory reform to local taxes to teacher assistant funding, the... Read More
Race for revenue propels problems in college athletics
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 15, 2014. Frank Porter Graham was prophetic, even if his ideas proved unpopular in his day. Back in the 1930s, the University of North Carolina president and... Read More
Business incentives bill again stumbles in the House
House members on Friday refused to bring up for a vote a bill on business incentives that Gov. Pat McCrory and other top Republicans want. With the incentives measure in limbo, the legislative session... Read More
Supreme Court's inaction on redistricting raising questions
hree years have passed since Republican lawmakers redrew North Carolina’s political landscape with redistricting maps that Democrats and voting rights advocates have challenged as discriminatory to... Read More
Legislature might adjourn with no action on coal ash, Medicaid
Legislative leaders said Friday they're no longer planning to return to Raleigh for a special session after the November elections. That means there likely won't be a coal ash cleanup plan or a... Read More
Fix it now
Both the Senate and the House have agreed to return for the “August session” but it’s still up in the air what they will tackle. As I write this committee meetings are being posted and changes... Read More
