Drivers who pass stopped school buses could get fined up to $1,000 under a bill that Gov. Roy Cooper signed on July 25 – but the hefty fine isn’t why legislators from both parties opposed the... Read More
PPP's new North Carolina poll finds strong, bipartisan opposition to cuts the General Assembly has made to the budget of the North Carolina Department of Justice. Only 18% of voters support the... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, Capitol Press Association, published in Rocky Mount Telegram, August 9, 2017. The wrangling between federal judges and GOP legislators brings to mind an episode from early childhood... Read More
The political environment is tough for Republicans in North Carolina right now. At the national level, Donald Trump is scaring the world with reckless tweets about nuclear war with North Korea and the... Read More
Democrats love policy. We dream of being policy advisers and writing policy papers. We just know that those working-class whites who voted for Trump would love us if they got a load of our worker... Read More
States and countries that figure out how to compete in the coming jobs wars will be big economic winners, Lewis Ebert, president and CEO of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, told about... Read More
Across the state, this year’s historically crowded municipal elections have drawn new types of candidates. Young candidates. First time candidates. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender candidates... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 6, 2016. A legal battle over North Carolina’s unequal schools -- one that’s dragged on for two decades -- seems to be heading toward a sensible conclusion... Read More
When Anthony Scaramucci was appointed White House communications director, many loved his bluntness, style and handsomeness. When he went on a profanity-laced tirade — which preceded the termination... Read More
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been touring volunteer fire departments and talking to firefighters and emergency workers in all regions of our great state. These firefighters, who selflessly give... Read More
