Prison safety needs review
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 26, 2017. The director of the state prison system announced this week that he’s stepping down at the end of this month. David Guice has been chief deputy... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 26, 2017. The director of the state prison system announced this week that he’s stepping down at the end of this month. David Guice has been chief deputy... Read More
Editorial by The Winston-Salem Journal, October 22, 2017. North Carolina made the national news again Thursday, but not because of our recovering economy, our beautiful and irreplaceable vistas or the... Read More
Joe Albea's earliest childhood memories of the Tar River are the many times his mother told him to stay away from it. It is the same for lifelong friend, business associate and fishing buddy Tommy... Read More
When it comes to our national and state priorities, it’s been said that a budget is a moral document. A budget is a statement of public commitments and considerations for its people. After looking... Read More
Since 2011, the Republican-led General Assembly has enacted transformational reforms. These include changes to our tax structure, how we pay for infrastructure, and more options for parents when... Read More
Steve Bannon is coming to North Carolina. He’s announced that he will jump into the Republican primary in the 9th Congressional District. Bannon will lend his toxic white nationalist politics to the... Read More
A federal court has found it to be likely that lawmakers did not remedy unconstitutional racial gerrymanders in nine state House and Senate districts, and has appointed a special master to help it... Read More
In next year’s election, you might find yourself picking dozens of judges on an insanely long ballot. Or you might never vote in a multiple candidate judicial election ever again. Legislative... Read More
Editorial by Democracy North Carolina, published in Salisbury Post, October 24, 2017. Does one vote really make a difference in an election? A new study from the nonpartisan shows that in a surprising... Read More
The folks running the General Assembly reached a new low this week in their efforts to dismantle our democracy—-and that is no small feat given their actions in the last few years. Senate Rules... Read More