Many of the headlines about the state budget Senate leaders rolled out this week describe it as taking the state in a different direction or remaking North Carolina. True enough, but that’s not the... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, May 28, 2014. Just as we’ve begun warming up to the possibility of a business deal that could lead to a significant reduction in utility bills, news comes this... Read More
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Thursday said he had problems with the Senate's plan to give teachers raises in exchange for them voluntarily giving up tenure-style protections. McCrory's office... Read More
The Senate budget proposal upends the state Department of Health and Human Services by moving to take away its biggest responsibility, Medicaid. At the same time it would cut thousands of elderly and... Read More
Rep. 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... Read More
North Carolina Implications: No North Carolina Congressional race is on the list of the 39 targets. That’s because there are no opportunities for Democrats to pick up a seat in North Carolina in... Read More
14 folks from all over North Carolina got arrested in the Legislative Building. They thought they were there to protest Republican actions. They got hustled by Bill Barber....and the con flopped. The... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, May 28, 2014. She was at once an old soul and one forever young, one who felt the pain of her ancestors and the joy of the newest generation and communicated it all... Read More
California Governor Jerry Brown put his finger on the syndrome in 2012: “Everybody went to school, so everybody thinks they know how to teach, or they think they know something about education... Read More
