Two North Carolinas, one message
Governor Cooper may be doing something few politicians can or want to do: talk to both sides of a divided state. This week the Governor, who won thanks largely to urban voters, announced a jobs... Read More
NC Spin Articles
A cheat sheet for those trying to keep up with NC's redistricting battles
North Carolina’s redistricting plans have drawn major court involvement over the last few years, and it’s not looking promising that trend will change in 2018. There are five pending redistricting... Read More
School administrators: benefits of school funding overhaul ambiguous
The benefits of a comprehensive overhaul for North Carolina’s school funding system are “at best, ambiguous,” says a new report from the state’s top lobbying outfit for public school... Read More
Uncertain 2018 elections as redistricting battle rages on
Trying to make sense of all the redistricting action in North Carolina this month? Good luck with that. We’re now at a point where lawsuits and legislative actions have resulted in a scenario where... Read More
Don't let judicial redistricting create a Roy Moore for NC
Editorial by Eric Edgerton, printed in Asheville Citizen-Times, February 1, 2018 In a Jan 28. article concerning the potential redrawing of judicial districts across North Carolina, the Citizen... Read More
NC Lawmakers respond to the State of the Union address
President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, delivered his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress where he made an appeal for bipartisanship in implementing his agenda. Trump spoke on... Read More
Will the new tax law's inflation measure cost you?
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, February 2, 2018. The new federal income tax law is chock full of changes, alterations and adjustments that are keeping taxpayers, accountants and... Read More
Asking the right question?
Is $35,000 good money for first year teachers? That’s the question State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson inadvertently set off earlier this week with his comment that a... Read More
Gerrymandering makes a mockery of "consent of the governed" principle
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 28, 2018. Extreme partisan redistricting creates gridlock. Or not. Here in North Carolina, one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation, Republican... Read More
Lawmakers feather developer's nest, but at what cost?
Editorial by The Fayetteville Observer, reprinted in The Wilson Daily Times, January 25, 2018. This looks like one of the worst kinds of legislative give-and-take: Give state funding to a family... Read More
