State Rep. Marcus Brandon and other North Carolina legislators have called for a constitutional convention to reverse a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision on campaign finance. The resolution... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 11, 2014. What most North Carolina residents don’t know about economic development and recruitment is ... just about everything. At the state level, the... Read More
There was a time in the early 1970s when Republicans were leaders in protecting the water, land and air. President Richard Nixon was responsible for creating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, June 10, 2014. The $21.1 billion budget unveiled by the N.C. House Tuesday still fails to adequately address the state’s needs, but it’s a significant improvement... Read More
Will the real North Carolina conservatives please stand up? Game show aficionados will remember “To Tell the Truth,” which aired in one form or another on CBS, NBC, and in syndication for decades... Read More
Lucrative jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields attract highly skilled workers and add jobs to our economy more rapidly than any other industry. However, the growth of these... Read More
Horrified by the vision of legions of fired Democratic state employees, back when Jim Martin was elected Governor, Democrats changed the law so Martin couldn’t fire much of anyone – then announced... Read More
Governor McCrory is starting to look like Bev Perdue without the dress. He started out this legislature saying he’d be more assertive. Then Senator Berger released his budget and showed everybody... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 9, 2014. The Common Core curriculum has barely crossed the finish line on Year Two, and already North Carolina legislators want to throw it away and replace it... Read More
The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee voted Monday to ask State Auditor Beth Wood to investigate whether the Department of Health and Human Services is complying with state laws... Read More
