House revolt crashes incentives bill
Twenty-eight House Republicans bolted party ranks Tuesday, joining 26 Democrats to defeat an economic incentives program that some labeled “corporate welfare.” It was a rebuke to House Speaker... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Stick with the winning playbook
Gov. Pat McCrory and some Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly say they need more “tools” for economic development in North Carolina — by which they mean targeted tax breaks and... Read More
Tea Party hits the skids
The battered and bedraggled Tea Partiers have been taking it on the chin – they’ve gotten pounded, losing races in Tennessee, Kansas, Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina and Mississippi so, now, the... Read More
Legislative polls: Can coattails fly up?
The day after Republicans took control of the legislature and the Governor’s Mansion for the first time since the 19th century, former Raleigh Mayor and then-GOP party chair, Tom Fetzer told WRAL... Read More
More homework
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 18, 2014. For growing numbers of North Carolina students, there’s no place like home. The number of home schools in North Carolina has doubled over the... Read More
Move to blunt legal challenges may bring more
Editorial by News and Observer, August 18, 2014. North Carolina’s Republican leadership has a new approach to the law: Muzzle the judges. The new state budget contains a provision that bars... Read More
McCrory appoints Mark Martin Chief Justice
The governor’s appointment of Mark Martin to take over as N.C. Supreme Court chief justice in September answers one question but raises another. North Carolinians now know who will fill the seat... Read More
USDA: Cost to raise a child up to $245,340
A message for new parents: get ready for sticker shock. A child born in 2013 will cost a middle-income American family an average of $245,340 until he or she reaches the age of 18, with families... Read More
Martin calls for coal ash compromise
As the state legislature continues to idle over a stalemate among House and Senate Republicans, a Wake County lawmaker is calling for action on a stalled coal ash clean-up plan. After the Dan River... Read More
Remembering the Negro League
He is number 42," I said. On a baseball outing with my daughter’s family the other night, I was trying to find the name of a player on the Durham Bulls baseball team while the Bulls were playing a... Read More
