It was one of those rare days at the N.C. General Assembly, one that only occurs every couple of years. Lobbyists and political reporters were looking forward to the sparks, fireworks or whatever else... Read More
Five years after the U.S. financial crisis helped cause a deep global recession, foreign leaders are worried that history is going to repeat itself. The fiscal impasse that has partially shut the... Read More
Let me start by saying I have great respect for Senator John McCain’s military service and years of suffering he endured as a Prisoner of War. However in the last few years I have wondered if he... Read More
Almost unheard of before 1966, mass shootings like the Newtown massacre have become more and more frequent in modern American life. Pundits and politicians alike have been unable to identify the root... Read More
For Republicans, the shutdown turned into a slapdown and the default into their fault. The GOP lost the debate, lost the battle for public opinion and put itself in a deep, deep hole for the... Read More
The groups challenging North Carolina legislative and congressional districts are again asking the state Supreme Court to have Justice Paul Newby step aside from hearing the case. Lawyers representing... Read More
Mecklenburg County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday urging state lawmakers to reconsider turning down billions in federal money that would expand Medicaid coverage to 500,000 uninsured North... Read More
by Roy Cooper, NC Attorney General, Huffington Post, October 14, 2013. He was a soft-spoken man. And when he stepped to the microphone that January afternoon, no one in his audience could have... Read More
Most people don’t break into dance after a press conference, but more than 50 did Monday. They were practicing what they preached: Exercise is good. It was the kickoff to a city-county initiative... Read More
Spend $230,000 in taxpayers’ money fixing up the private bathrooms at the Executive Mansion? You could hear howls across the state when that news leaked. (Get it? “Leaked”?) OK, time out. No... Read More
