Art Pope provided valuable service
Art Pope has been the indispensable man in the McCrory administration. Pope, who announced last week he was stepping down as state budget director, had been a political lightning rod – the man who... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Farewells show legislators are human, too
It’s easy to see state legislators as partisan politicians driven by egos and personal or special interests. That’s typically what the rhetoric from either side of the political spectrum makes... Read More
Way too many candidates
If you're a lawyer in good standing in North Carolina, you're entitled to run for a seat on the N.C. Court of Appeals. And you are. In fact, 19 of you are running for the seat that just opened when... Read More
Every teacher can expect a raise
The House of Representatives approved the $21 billion conference budget on Saturday and every teacher can expect a raise. Providing teachers a much needed increase in pay was a promise we made... Read More
Legislators change school funding in a very risky way
Editorial by News and Observer, August 8, 2014. Public schools have a cornerstone of their budgeting and overall planning process. It’s the long-standing state policy that North Carolina government... Read More
Attorney General's stance a derelection of duty
by Tami Fitzgerald, NC Values Coalition, published in News and Observer, August 8, 2014. It’s a sad day in America when federal judges disenfranchise the average American citizen and elected... Read More
McCrory's media blitz week
Governor Pat McCrory has been on a media blitz lately, with four news conferences in the last few days, one to fear-monger about refugee children, one to announce State Budget Director Art Pope was... Read More
Federal Judge rules NC election law changes can proceed
North Carolina's November election can be held under a new voting law approved by Republican lawmakers, a federal judge ruled Friday. The law is considered one of the toughest in the nation and the... Read More
R-e-s-p-e-c-t
It was unusual summer – first Governor McCrory reared back and threw a punch at the old Bull Mooses, then he threw another, and another. Back in May, when he’d sent his budget over to the... Read More
Civitas targets NCAE membership
Not far from the N.C. Association of Educators’ headquarters in Raleigh looms a billboard asking “Teachers: Want a $450 raise?” It’s part of a campaign by the conservative Civitas Institute to... Read More
