by Thomas Mills | Oct 30, 2019 | Editor's Blog
On Monday, the three-judge panel hearing North Carolina’s redistricting cases handed down two consequential decisions in the span of a few minutes. The first upheld the new legislative maps drawn by the general assembly. The second required the legislature to draw new...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 29, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Former Senator Kay Hagan died yesterday. Since 2016, she suffered from the results of a debilitating tick-borne illness that left her with limited speech and mobility. A long term resident of Greensboro, she was 66 years old. Hagan was born in Shelby but grew up in...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 28, 2019 | Editor's Blog
The North Carolina Senate announced that it might try to override Roy Cooper’s budget veto this afternoon. They’ll take a vote if they think they’ve got the support. Democrats, for their part, have taken to social media calling for their caucus to stay strong, using...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 25, 2019 | Editor's Blog
In the coming months, we’ll see some true Republican heroes, people who stand with the constitution and the rule of law. We saw it during the Watergate hearings, most notably Republican Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, who famously asked, “What did the President...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 23, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
Yesterday, the federal courts said that state courts should decide the gerrymandering suit brought against North Carolina’s Congressional districts. Given the outcome of a similar suit involving legislative districts, expect new Congressional districts in 2020. Also...
