RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's new requirements for third-graders to show they're reading proficient and should be promoted were altered Wednesday by Senate Republicans in response to complaints... Read More
RALEIGH — If you like your teacher tenure plan, you can keep your teacher tenure plan, Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, told educators at a Wednesday press conference. Just don’t expect a... Read More
RALEIGH — How serious are our state leaders about economic growth and long-term recovery? Are they committed to broadening the base of taxpayers so that everyone pays something and nearly everyone... Read More
It was North Carolina Thom Tillis who infamously described his political plan for North Carolina as an effort to “divide and conquer” those who opposed the conservative move to repeal much of... Read More
According to the newspaper one super powerful group is going to pick the winner in the Senate race: Women. Not money. Or virtue. Or sin. But Women. Which, of course, if you’re a woman, may... Read More
Editorial by the Burlington Times-News, May 27, 2014. Tuesday the state Board of Elections announced the hiring of an FBI veteran to join a team of state investigators to target allegations of voter... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 28, 2014. State Senate Republicans’ latest regulatory reform bill is full of contradictions. It requires carbon monoxide alarms in lodging establishments and... Read More
RALEIGH — In a free society, the right to express one’s political views without governmental restraint or reprisal ought to be sacrosanct. Unfortunately, it isn’t. Some politicians and political... Read More
Editorial by the News and Observer, May 27, 2014. A November series in The News & Observer thankfully got the attention of lawmakers. The series, “Checks Without Balances,” showed that four... Read More
Forty-three years ago as a young, naive Republican state senator from Rowan County, I introduced a bill to provide for a constitutional amendment that would set up a nonpartisan redistricting... Read More
