Good luck trying to figure out where Governor Pat McCrory actually stands on expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and providing health care coverage for 500,000 low income adults in North... Read More
The victors of war write its history in order to cast themselves in the most favorable light. That explains the considerable historical ignorance about our war of 1861 and panic over the Confederate... Read More
Working parents and their children would receive significant help with health insurance coverage if North Carolina implements a plan to accept federal Medicaid funding set aside for North Carolina... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 16, 2015. The ugly truth about the bedrock of America’s criminal justice system is this: Nobody wants to be a juror. It’s an important responsibility, of... Read More
The General Assembly has returned from its week-long break in the middle of this year’s legislative session. Here are four questions that may or may not be answered in the next couple of months as... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 17, 2015. Partisan redistricting has lost two big court rulings recently, and the people have won. The people of North Carolina deserve their chance. The... Read More
North Carolina legislators wrapped up their first week back after a week off with little to show toward getting the already late state budget finalized next month. By Thursday, both the House and... Read More
In an interview published on the Capital and Main website, former U.S. Labor Secretary and University of California at Berkeley public policy professor Robert Reich opined that, despite the importance... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 15, 2015. In addition to completing a budget — which should have already been finished — the N.C. General Assembly is expected to take up a statewide bond... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 16, 2015. In a federal courtroom in Winston-Salem, Republicans are defending their voting law changes as actions necessary to “restore confidence” in... Read More
