Editorial by the News and Observer, May 27, 2014. A November series in The News & Observer thankfully got the attention of lawmakers. The series, “Checks Without Balances,” showed that four... Read More
Forty-three years ago as a young, naive Republican state senator from Rowan County, I introduced a bill to provide for a constitutional amendment that would set up a nonpartisan redistricting... Read More
RALEIGH — Republicans in the state Senate are set to propose a major overhaul of how classroom teachers are paid in North Carolina, including a pathway to substantial pay raises for teachers who... Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — Fourteen protesters were arrested at the North Carolina Legislative Building early Wednesday after sitting in House Speaker Thom Tillis' office for nearly 11 hours. Nearly... Read More
Why politicians of both parties may rue the awakening of North Carolina’s progressive movement There is a bit of mythology percolating through the mainstream news media these days that the Moral... Read More
Bob Brawley could be a poster boy for today's Republican Party. He distrusts government, espouses lower taxes, votes pro-business, and in the 2013-14 General Assembly he has co-sponsored bills on gun... Read More
The North Carolina Senate could have gotten its 2014 session under way with a show of resolve to repair some of the damage from last year’s debacle. Just as one friendly suggestion: Senators could... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, May 26, 2014. We’ve all heard or read the horror stories about nightmare legislation -- bills in the N.C. General Assembly or Congress that are thousands of pages... Read More
There’s a secret nobody in the Raleigh power establishment will confirm. It is this. Our Republican governor, Pat McCrory, would not mind if there were a few more Democrats in the General Assembly... Read More
An organization representing 55,000 state employees has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate “widespread potential violations of law” involving State Treasurer Janet... Read More
