State legislators come back to Raleigh Wednesday for the start of the short legislative session, where the primary aim is to balance a two-year budget in the face of a Medicaid shortfall. But other... Read More
When it comes to crafting school-reform policies for North Carolina, elected officials can choose the path of least resistance or the path of greatest assistance. The easy path avoids controversy and... Read More
Puzzled by the past several months of histrionics about North Carolina’s election law changes? You’re hardly alone. By any objective standard, the Voter Identification and Verification Act enacted... Read More
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, May 11, 2014. Before you were you, you were your mother’s child. Families in our community and across the nation will spend time today trying to thank moms for... Read More
Two big races; two very different lessons to learn from each. When the tallies came in from Tuesday night’s primary election, Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis had done something that didn... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer,May 10, 2014. The legislative session after the passage of a two-year state budget is referred to as the “short” session because it is devoted mainly to budget... Read More
by Jay Price, News and Observer, May 10, 2014. Last summer Ellie Kinnaird, an Orange County Democrat, resigned after 17 years in the state Senate to organize a grass-roots counterattack on the new... Read More
Here are seven lessons from last week on Karl Rove, the Southern Manifesto, Clay Aiken and related subjects. Lesson One: “Money makes the world go around,” as they sing in the musical “Cabaret... Read More
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory’s first months on the job were trying ones. It was legislators from his own party who drove major policy debates on everything from abortion rights to voter... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, May 9, 2014. It will never be said of Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr. that those subject to his rulings don’t know where he stands. Thus, the... Read More
