Facing a $2.5 billion budget shortfall in 2011, the new Republican legislative majority eliminated $13.5 million in annual funding to the NC Teaching Fellows program. Now several legislators – all... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 16, 2015. You probably don’t care about the Greensboro City Council. But this one time, you should. Greensboro’s local government doesn’t affect you... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 15, 2015. State Speaker of the House Tim Moore, a Kings Mountain Republican, met Wednesday with the Rev. William Barber. Rep. David Lewis, a Dunn... Read More
During the 2014 campaign season, polling organizations issued dozens of surveys of North Carolina voters. If you read them carefully, you spotted the opening that Thom Tillis would later seize to... Read More
by Dereck Medlin, WRAL, February 14, 2015. Economic sustainability, education and criminal justice were on the agenda Saturday when several of North Carolina's civil rights groups held an annual march... Read More
Members of the state House will roll out an economic development package next week that includes a revamp of the JDIG job recruitment fund and pave the way for small investors to help fund startup... Read More
by Susan Myrick, Civitas Institute, February 3, 2015. Kudos to Senate leader Phil Berger for his incisive answer as to whether he would support an independent redistricting commission. According to... Read More
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been asked that by lawmakers, activists, or reporters who don’t share my views. The term “you people” refers to the modern conservative movement in... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, February 14, 2015. Naturally, the spin started immediately. No sooner had Senate Republicans announced a plan to change how the gas tax is funded that it was being... Read More
After promising employers nearly $300 million in incentives grants for new jobs in his first two years, Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration has nearly depleted the main pot of money the state uses to... Read More
