Tillis, the GOP and God
Thom Tillis is a lot like Mitt Romney, and he learned one big thing from Romney’s 2012 campaign: Don’t get on the same stage and same page with the nuts in his party. So Tillis may be making... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC tax reform working for working families
by Art Pope, State Budget Director, April 15, 2014, Tax reform is working for working families in North Carolina. Tax reform means lower sales taxes and income tax rates for everyone. Tax reform, as... Read More
Study says NC's immigrants have positive economic impact
A new study by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill found that North Carolina’s immigrant population has a positive impact on the state’s economy, with immigrants contributing $23,371 on a per-capita... Read More
Teacher pay hike unlikely
A month before the legislative session reconvenes, the likelihood that all North Carolina teachers will see a pay raise this year appears to be fading. Republican leaders are pushing a plan to... Read More
Cheney's revenge in NC's 3rd Congressional District?
Could this be former Vice President Dick Cheney’s revenge for U.S. Rep. Walter Jones suggesting that he should rot in hell for his role in the Iraq War? Jones, the 3rd District Republican, outraged... Read More
Debate on tuition help
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors, the 34-member body that helps set policy for all UNC system campuses, is not a big fan of using a slice of tuition paid by some students to... Read More
Accountable Care Organizations force taxpayers to pay cost overruns
Accountable care organizations that are the cornerstone of the state’s Medicaid reform plan are “HMOs on steroids,” one national expert says, and they face certain opposition in the state Senate... Read More
Choice program deserves defense
Liberal activists may fume, and left-wing editorialists may grind their teeth, but legislative leaders are going to defend energetically their 2013 opportunity scholarship bill against lawsuits by... Read More
Son of Speaker Ban
Will no one rid me of this troublesome professor?” (Paraphrasing King Henry II on Thomas Becket.) Fifty years ago, the legislature brought shame on North Carolina, dishonor on themselves and harm... Read More
Will there be an 'April surprise?'
Editorial by Winst0n-Salem Journal, April 14, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory, legislative budget writers and the state Revenue department have a plea for taxpayers preparing their 2013 tax returns today... Read More
