From the start a breathtaking agenda
Six months ago, top Republican state lawmakers met with conservative allies to preview their strategy for the legislative session. The party controlled the entire lawmaking process in North Carolina... Read More
NC Spin Articles
This legislative session and the GOP
One of the most contentious sessions of the General Assembly has come to a close. Without going into detail on all the legislation passed, I am more concerned with the public attitude that seems to... Read More
Shedding Light on the Rhubarb
Most of the political pundits in the newspaper said the disagreements between the three tribes of Raleigh Republicans were ideological – they broke it down like this: Tribe #1 – Conservative... Read More
A welcome 'no' to construction change
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 26, 2013. As the N.C. General Assembly wrapped up its long, torturous session this week, the N.C. House wisely stepped away from a bill that would have... Read More
Thom Tillis' office door jam
Editorial, News and Observer, July 27, 2013. If House Speaker Thom Tillis, running for the United States Senate, is going to try to make friends on the campaign trail he will have to get used to... Read More
Moves on elections and abortion tarnished legislature's ending
Editorial by News and Observer, July 27, 2013. Leaders of North Carolina’s Republican majority in the General Assembly made mud pies for six months and now want the people to believe they’re ice... Read More
Responsibility on GOP
Editorial in Greenville Daily Reflector, July 26, 2013. The end came swiftly for Billy Ray Hall, who for 25 years served as president of the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center. He resigned only... Read More
NC: Poster child for wrong
North Carolina is proving itself to be the poster child for all that is wrong with modern American democracy and – with thanks to Moral Mondays – also highlighting all that may someday save it... Read More
Surveying the damage
It is likely to take a while to figure out everything that happened in the last few days at the General Assembly. Legislative leaders spent the last 48 hours literally making up new bills out of whole... Read More
Correction: Funding Public Education
Note: When our editors submitted this column from former House Speaker Joe Mavretic we incorrectly stated the formula he intended to be used. This is a correction of the previous posting. Joe's intent... Read More
