Coal ash
When it comes to avoiding another coal ash spill, the problem may not be (as the environmentalists believe) the villainy of Governor McCrory. The problem may be more subtle. Going back decades... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Tillis abandons House budget provisions before budget passes
In what is likely a legislative first, House Speaker Thom Tillis started caving in to Senate budget negotiators even before the House had given its own spending plan final approval. After the House... Read More
Berger takes civil approach to protestors
There’s a reason the N.C. Association of Educators has a middling record of electing the candidates it endorses, and Phil Berger knows that reason: Many are Republicans, and many Republicans care... Read More
Public is public
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 14, 2014. Charter schools are public schools. That means they should be accountable to the public. That came into question earlier this year when The... Read More
Notable numbers
Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake $52,275 What a family of two adults and two children would need to make annually to afford housing, food, child care, health care... Read More
NC House budget overestimates lottery revenues, documents show
The House budget that won approval Friday overestimates how much lottery money the state is expected to receive, documents show, jeopardizing Republicans’ plan to increase teacher pay. The N.C... Read More
How much sex are NC kids having?
Kids in North Carolina have sex and smoke tobacco and marijuana a little more than the rest of the country, but drink a little less. That's according to a new survey out today -- the Youth Risk... Read More
Judge: Lawmakers go too far in limiting protests
by Matthew Burns, WRAL, June 13, 2o14. A Superior Court judge on Friday issued a restraining order against some of the rules lawmakers adopted regarding demonstrations in the Legislative Building... Read More
Mississippi
The unexpected almost always happens – but who’d have expected this: Down in Mississippi the Tea Party has been battling it out with the Republican Establishment, trying to whip Senator Thad... Read More
House and Senate budgets essentially the same at their core
Most of the talk in Raleigh these days is about how different the House and Senate budgets are and speculation about how difficult it will be for the two sides to reach a final budget agreement to... Read More
