If you were wondering if the tea party crazy train was slowing down in Raleigh these days, the beginning of this week ought to remove any doubt. It’s actually picking up steam as it drags North... Read More
It has now been three months since the 2013 General Assembly session began. Most of the news coverage of the lawmakers has understandably focused on the daily debate in a key committee or on the House... Read More
More hidden and loaded guns in more places, including bars, restaurants, college campuses and city greenways—that appears to be the General Assembly’s response to the national tragedy in Newtown... Read More
It’s not like we needed more evidence of the arrogance of the current leaders of the state Senate or the obvious disdain they have for the people they are supposed to be representing, but they were... Read More
If you were looking for telling indicator of the state of North Carolina’s public policy debate these days, a recent email from Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger is a pretty good one. Late... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory hasn’t said much about the spiteful power grab by Senate Republicans to void a lease agreement between the state and the City of Raleigh that would turn the Dorothea Dix land... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory and his State Budget Director Art Pope will release their proposed state budget for the next two years Wednesday morning. The release will do at least two important things. It... Read More
You can argue that the most revealing moments of this shockingly regressive legislative session have come in the last two weeks. And I am not talking about the mean-spirited decision by legislative... Read More
State legislative leaders like to throw around the word “reform” when describing their plans for North Carolina. They want to reform our schools, reform our tax code, reform our health care system... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory could have gone a couple of ways with his widely-anticipated State of the State speech Monday night. He could have laid out a compelling vision for the future of North Carolina... Read More
