Stark budget choices
Every year at the General Assembly members of the majority party in the House and Senate describe the budget put together by their chamber’s leaders as the best possible budget for North Carolina... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Talking instead of posturing would help N.C.
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 30, 2014. Deadlines in politics have a way of being ignored, usually at additional cost to the governed. That's the case with North Carolina's budgetary... Read More
N.C. shines in national election spotlight
Political pundits across the nation are watching closely this year as North Carolinians prepare to head to the polls to decide whether first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will keep her job... Read More
A sorting hat for politics
Political labels are necessary. They are also problematic. Without labels, political conversation would be difficult to sustain. Debate flows from disagreement. On any given proposal for government to... Read More
Still work to do on proposed coal ash bill
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, June 27, 2014. As proposed by the state Senate in a unanimous vote, SB 729, otherwise known as the Coal Ash Management Act of 2014, is a wordy piece of legislation... Read More
A year after court strips Voting Rights Act, prospects for change
It’s been a year since a sharply divided Supreme Court declared victory in the war against voter discrimination and suppression and tossed out one of the most powerful weapons used in that battle... Read More
I-77 HOT lanes: A bargain or $400 million gamble?
by Rachael Dobi, Civitas Institute, June 25, 2014. A new “public-private partnership” in North Carolina appears to put hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at risk while guaranteeing profit... Read More
Too much salt
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, June 26, 2014. Americans eat too much salt. In fact, we eat on average about a third more than the government recommends. We eat so much, in fact, that we are... Read More
N.C. Republicans popular
Gov. Pat McCrory and the GOP-led state legislature are at odds over the budget, Medicaid reform, Common Core, and other issues. Conservatives are disappointed with the McCrory administration’s... Read More
On budgets, business and Reconstruction
You have got to be kidding. • The Republican legislature is being criticized for its “dismal state of governance” because it will not have a budget ready by July 1, the beginning of the fiscal... Read More
