Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, March 8, 2015. Principle has been pitted against practicality as the N.C. House considers a compromise bill that would revive the state’s historic preservation... Read More
Sources tell me that members of the NCGOP Executive Committee were informed via email this morning that current state party chairman Claude Pope will not be seeking another term in office. Over the... Read More
The N.C. House voted Monday night to toughen two state laws targeting repeat drunken drivers. Both bills were sponsored by Democratic Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County, and they garnered support from... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday filed new ethics disclosure forms that show seven previously unreported trips valued at about $13,000 in 2013. The governor’s office said late Monday it is gathering... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, March 6, 2015. Public servants do not get to choose which members of the public they serve. But the state Senate would make an exception if those employees don’t... Read More
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, reprinted in Greenville Daily Reflector, March 9, 2015. An increase sought by Gov. Pat McCrory in a state economic-development incentive is likely to incite yet more... Read More
by Jim Tynen, Capitol Connection, Civitas Institute, March 6, 2015. The wailing and whining following the closing of a University of North Carolina-based center has at least one fringe benefit: it... Read More
Gov. Charles Brantley Aycock was a hero and role model to many of the progressive leaders in North Carolina’s history. Gov. Kerr Scott (1949-53) would speak reverentially of the time when the great... Read More
Now that Gov. Pat McCrory has released his budget proposal for the 2015-17 biennium, there are at least two fiscal issues dividing North Carolina Republicans this year. Before discussing them, however... Read More
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, March 3, 2015. The GOP’s makers-and-takers narrative is alive and well in North Carolina. Ned Barnett’s profile of state Senator Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg... Read More
