Three wise men
Some two-score years ago, I started going to the National Governors Association winter meetings in Washington. These were at the time great bipartisan policy wonk-fests, three days of earnest... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The new culture of corruption in Raleigh
Governor Pat McCrory’s new private nonprofit shadow Commerce Department announced its full roster of board members this week and the news was dutifully reported by the media across the state—but... Read More
Left or right
Carter and I spoke Wednesday at a post-election panel sponsored by the Public School Forum, a group of education advocates. I suggested they have nothing to worry about in the coming legislature... Read More
The looming teacher shortage that the General Assembly made worse
t might not be a surprise given the decisions made by the General Assembly in the four years, but North Carolina faces a teacher shortage in the not too distant future and lawmakers keep doing things... Read More
The price of jobs
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 14, 2014. Running out of money for economic development grants is good news for North Carolina. It means businesses are creating, or promising to create... Read More
Repeal of business tax to take toll on municipalities
Well before the N.C. General Assembly voted to repeal local business privilege-license taxes last spring, the 540 cities, towns and villages that make up the North Carolina League of Municipalities... Read More
6 vie to become House Speaker
Ambitious Republican legislators are clamoring to fill the top job in the state House left vacant by U.S. Sen.-elect Thom Tillis. The House speaker is one of the most powerful people in state... Read More
McCrory sues Berger, Tillis over commission appointments
Gov. Pat McCrory and two past governors on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the legislature’s authority to create commissions and appoint members that encroach on executive branch functions. The... Read More
An outrageous blanket of secrecy over NC courts
For the first time in 40 years, North Carolina voters cast their ballots for judges without any information about pending judicial ethics complaints. This bizarre situation resulted from the last... Read More
Alabama redistricting case with implications for North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday wrestled with a thorny redistricting issue, the outcome of which may bear directly upon a similar case pending in North Carolina’s highest court. In Alabama... Read More
