Rift in Raleigh stalling budget
The feud has been a running subtext to North Carolina’s legislative session, with threats and perceived insults occasionally flaring into headlines. Now some say it may be contributing to the state... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Washington Post profiles Art Pope
by Mates Gold, Washington Post, July 19, 2014. Art Pope is one of the most generous donors to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having lavished millions on his alma mater. The retail... Read More
Where did all the new voters come from?
Voters born elsewhere make up nearly half of N.C. electorate.” So begins the latest DataNet report from the UNC Program on Public Life, directed by former journalist Ferrel Guillory. So what? What... Read More
Credit claims are poorly scripted
When liberals debate tax policy, it can be hard to keep track of their current positions. They keep changing. Right now, for example, Democratic politicians and left-wing activists are castigating... Read More
What's the best use of $500 million?
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 19, 2014. You can have your opinion about teacher pay, other spending and tax cuts – we certainly have ours. But here are the facts: • North Carolina cut... Read More
Economic progress
One of the more hopeful signs in the troubling political debate in North Carolina these days comes not from the finger-pointing budget dispute in Raleigh but from Mount Airy of all places — at a... Read More
In dueling Medicaid reforms, House has a winner
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 19, 2014. As the General Assembly's not-so-short session grinds on, the House and Senate are raising the concept of stalemate to a high art. Whether it's the... Read More
Bob Hunter: "I will not tolerate untruths about my opponent"
I want to highlight one of the videos I mentioned in myprevious post. It features Court of Appeals candidates Sam J. (Jimmy) Ervin IV and Robert N. Hunter Jr., who are running against each other for... Read More
Amid recovery, NC's low-wage workers are struggling
One way to see how the economy is really doing is to see it from the perspective of ministries that help people who are having a financial crisis. These are not homeless shelters serving the permanent... Read More
Will unemployment decline lead McCrory to the White House?
Do you propose, at some point, to run for the presidency?” North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory was asked on national TV the other day. The question was posed by Stuart Varney of Fox Business News, in... Read More
