State of Judicial emergency
The federal courts in eastern North Carolina have been operating under a state of judicial emergency for years now, though you wouldn’t know it given the lack of a sense of urgency exhibited by the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Standing with Harry Brown and rural North Carolina
I’m so glad that Republicans are finally embracing redistribution of wealth. Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow) has proposed a new formula for doling out sales tax money that would take from the rich... Read More
Legislature sets sights on local government
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, March 16, 2015. Not content just to push North Carolina away from longer early voting periods and Medicaid expansion, state senators now have turned their attention... Read More
Poor counties need help but sales-tax redistribution is wrong path
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, March 18, 2015. Some of North Carolina’s rural areas have been struggling economically for too long. We’re certainly sympathetic. But the proposal offered by... Read More
About NC's far-reaching CON program
Not only has North Carolina retained its Certificate of Need program long, long after Congress repealed the federal mandate as a hopeless failure (in 1987), but among the remaining CON states, N.C... Read More
Senate, McCrory at odds over corporate taxes
Senate leaders outlined a new jobs plan Wednesday that would rebalance how the state spends millions in incentives money while dropping the overall tax rate paid by corporations. The plan, backed by... Read More
Mixed messages on the state of the economy
One of the toughest things about covering state government is trying to get a handle on the true state of North Carolina's economy at any given time. If anyone ever figures it out, let me know... Read More
Board of Governor hopefuls contributed more than $1 million to politicians
The candidates seeking appointments on the University of North Carolina’s governing board aren’t strangers to lawmakers – many of their names have repeatedly shown up on checks cashed to the... Read More
Political revenge more important than public schools
If you are looking for an example of how the pettiness and bitter partisanship of the folks currently running North Carolina have hurt the state, it’s hard to find a more illustrative one than the... Read More
