North Carolina’s national brand may be changing – but not the way Gov. Pat McCrory intended when he talked during his campaign about the Tar Heel state undergoing an image makeover. “North... Read More
Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and political commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing new Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature... Read More
In Raleigh, the conservatives are confidently progressive and the progressives are desperately conservative. The modern-day conservatives who inhabit the General Assembly, the executive branch, and... Read More
Senate leaders unveiled their latest version of a massive tax cut for the wealthy Monday, the same day federal emergency unemployment benefits were cut off to 70,000 laid off workers simply because... Read More
by Becki Gray So what’s the problem with Common Core? Well, we don’t know. Don’t know how it will work, don’t know how well it will work and don’t know how much it will cost. The State... Read More
Legislative leaders and officials from the McCrory Administration are huddled in the backrooms of the Legislative Building these days working out the final details of a package of massive tax breaks... Read More
Republican strategists must be salivating over Gary Pearce's "Focus on the sweet spot-Education." If education is the Democratic Brand for North Carolina, then the Democrats are in for a pounding... Read More
Regulatory policy is about striking a proper balance. Virtually no one disagrees with the propriety of government designing, promulgating, and enforcing regulation. When health, safety, and property... Read More
House Speaker Thom Tillis continues to insist the legislature will adjourn by July 4th. Yeah, and the Red Sea will part again and Governor McCrory will pull a rabbit out of his hat. Citizens of North... Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — The budget and tax reform bills aren't the only high-profile bills still in limbo as the 2013 legislative session draws to a close. House Speaker Thom Tillis said Thursday he expects... Read More
