Jones race uncovers GOP fault lines
Winston Churchill liked to say that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result,” which is why Republican Rep. Walter Jones is in fine fettle these days. The GOP Washington... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Sick of ads
When you watch the evening news, you learn two things about people who watch the evening news. First, we vote, because we drown in political ads before elections. And, second, we have every disease... Read More
McCrory budget raises teacher pay, cuts universities
Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposed $21 billion budget Tuesday includes $262.9 million for the raises he’s promised teachers and state employees, but cuts about $49 million that would go to the UNC system... Read More
WaPo demolishes NC Budget and Tax Center analysis
Did the N.C. General Assembly’s 2013 tax reform package raise taxes on 80% of North Carolinians? In a television ad attacking U.S. Senate candidate and N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, pro-Democratic... Read More
Justices allow vouchers to proceed
The N.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a lower court’s order that had blocked implementation of the state’s new voucher law helping children from lower-income families to attend private... Read More
McCrory gets ambitious
Gov. Pat McCrory mentioned the word himself when he announced his pay plan for teachers: respect. A lot of teachers around the state don’t feel like they have received much of that R-E-S-P-E-C-T... Read More
Tax-hike claim is absurd
Although hostilities have been underway for some time, I hereby issue a formal Declaration of War against silly, uninformed talking points repeated endlessly in North Carolina politics. In an earlier... Read More
Email between teacher and legislator have created a buzz
An email exchange between a North Carolina teacher and a state senator is generating a lot of buzz. It began when Sarah Wiles sent a letter to all 170 members of the North Carolina General Assembly... Read More
One honest man getting shot from both sides
Years ago a Democratic gnome sitting in a cloister pouring over reams of polls and demographics had a profound revelation: Most of the people who didn’t vote were Democrats. The word spread from... Read More
Seven subplots of the 2014 General Assembly session
The previews of the summer General Assembly session are done, the pre-session fundraising events are winding down and the demonstrations and lobbying days are about to begin in what might be a... Read More
