As filing opens Monday for the 2014 elections, North Carolina Republicans appear on their way to another fundraising edge, though one Democrat predicts a more level playing field than 2012. Building... Read More
After less than a year as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Robert Dempsey was fired Sunday, an attorney for the state party said Sunday night. "Mr. Dempsey is no longer... Read More
Any political movement that can turn out tens of thousands of protesters on a chilly morning in February must be deemed impressive. To this conservative, the 2014 edition of Historic Thousands on... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen Times, February 7, 2014. North Carolinians who need food stamps are safe, for now. The Senate on Wednesday passed and sent to President Obama a five-year, $1 trillion... Read More
Last July, North Carolina became the first state to exit the federal government’s extended-benefits program for unemployment insurance. Six months later, at the start of 2014, extended benefits... Read More
It is always a good idea that our politicians are a little fearful of the voters who are supposed to be their bosses after all. The most successful North Carolina politicians went to great lengths to... Read More
By Thomas McDonald, News and Observer, February 9, 2014. State NAACP President William J. Barber II laid out goals for a diverse coalition of groups Saturday afternoon at a rally attended by thousands... Read More
In the book “That Used To Be Us,” Thomas L. Friedman, a liberal columnist for the New York Times, and Michael Mandelbaum, a professor of American foreign policy at John Hopkins University, argue... Read More
When North Carolina moves its job recruiting and marketing functions to a new public-private partnership later this year, it will join just 12 other states with similar structures in place. And with... Read More
This blog comes from a long-time, active Chamber member. I approve this message: “There’s a political lesson for all of us in the needless maelstrom that has engulfed the Raleigh Chamber of... Read More
