by Patrick Gannon, The Insider, published in Charlotte Observer, January 29, 2014. Citing a desire to get it right, state commerce officials are slowing down the planned move of the job recruiting and... Read More
On the eve of the president’s State of the Union speech, Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina on Monday offered a plan to repeal Barack Obama’s signature accomplishment, the... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 27, 2014. The federal government is losing its patience with North Carolina’s administration of the food stamp program, and so should North Carolina’s... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, January 28, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory has it right. North Carolina should not appeal a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s requirement that women seeking... Read More
by John Frank, published in Charlotte Observer, January 28, 2014. A leading Republican state senator accused Gov. Pat McCrory of a “flagrant violation of power” and used crude language to deride... Read More
A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural... Read More
Throughout the debate of a sweeping voter ID and elections law bill, Republican supporters said it was an attempt to restore public confidence in the election process. Democrats, at the state and... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, January 26, 2014. It was, from the beginning, all about right-wing ideology and not at all about women’s health, as proponents of the law designed to limit abortion... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, January 26, 2014. Only days after Gov. Pat McCrory’s pledge to get N.C. teachers a needed pay increase, one Republican legislative leader was showing how difficult... Read More
Ever since the disastrous launch of the Obamacare insurance exchanges in October, supporters of the so-called Affordable Care Act have insisted that things were destined to get better. They said that... Read More
