Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 2, 2015. In one of its final decisions before ending its term this week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona's use of an independent commission to draw... Read More
Tamarah Hefner has worked for Catawba County schools for 26 years, driving elementary, middle and high school students to school at dawn and back home at dusk, then educating children in grades K... Read More
House and Senate leaders couldn’t meet their budget deadline of June 30, the end of the state fiscal year, so they approved a continuing budget resolution this week to give themselves 45 more days... Read More
Attorneys for North Carolina's current and past governors and legislative leaders offered the state Supreme Court Tuesday very different readings of the legislature's powers and limits in making... Read More
A federal trial in Winston-Salem next month on several provisions of North Carolina's 2013 elections law won't consider challenges to the state's upcoming voter identification requirement in light of... Read More
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the average bill that passes the General Assembly is about four pages long. That probably not exactly correct, but it's probably not far off. If it's true... Read More
The state of North Carolina has begun its 2015-16 fiscal year with a continuing resolution instead of a budget. While it would certainly have been better if lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory had inked a... Read More
With basic rights hanging by a thread, progressives need to redouble their commitment to the selection of good judges Progressives are gratified that the U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of eminently... Read More
Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court keeps hope alive for a nonpartisan redistricting commission here in North Carolina. The question before the Court was whether or not the legislature could... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 30, 2015. House and Senate leaders have agreed to a continuing budget resolution that gives the chambers until Aug. 14 to reach a budget compromise. The House... Read More
