I expect the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly to combine a number of discrete, easy-to-explain, and popular initiatives — such as a voter ID bill — with a few big policy slogs... Read More
A new year brings new opportunities, and North Carolina offers the nation's best opportunities to change state government. North Carolina has the strongest Republican leadership in well over a century... Read More
By Andy Ellen NC Retail Merchants Association The federal government isn't the only one facing a "Fiscal Cliff." North Carolina is staring down its own fiscal cliff in the form of a $2.5 billion debt... Read More
Public relations is the art and science of managing information to persuade an audience. Governor McCrory has clearly adopted his PR strategy to persuade the people of North Carolina. By repeating the... Read More
North Carolina policymakers will have a lot on their plate in 2013. The General Assembly will tackle education reform, a rewrite of the state tax code, the unemployment-insurance debt, and other... Read More
By the time you read this, it’s almost certain that a plan to punish unemployed workers for unwise tax cuts state lawmakers gave to businesses will have cleared another hurdle and will be on the way... Read More
WRAL’s Mark Binker has catalogued the promises candidate Pat McCrory made on the campaign trail and has organized them on the WRAL.com website to track how well Governor McCrory keeps his promises... Read More
Pat McCrory campaigned for four years for Governor. As details of his administration emerge, it is interesting to look back at what he didn’t say on the campaign trail: Art Pope put together a... Read More
Just because it will take time is not a reason to avoid tackling the nation’s gun problem There is a distressing cycle in the national gun violence discussion that’s taking place in the aftermath... Read More
One of the biggest decisions facing the new General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory this year is whether or not North Carolina will expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and provide health... Read More
