by Thomas Mills | May 14, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education, North Carolina |
On Wednesday, educators will greet legislators returning for the short session with a massive rally. Organizers say the protest might exceed 10,000 teachers and school districts across the state are canceling classes. North Carolina teachers are following in the...
by Thomas Mills | May 11, 2018 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Roy Cooper released a budget yesterday that clearly outlines Democratic priorities. Republicans say it’s dead on arrival. Maybe so, but it sure sets up a fight in an election year. Cooper is betting that the priorities in his budget mirror the priorities of the state....
by Thomas Mills | May 9, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Primaries are over in North Carolina and the race that gets national attention is the Republican primary in NC-09 where Mark Harris upset incumbent Robert Pittenger in a rematch from 2016. Pittenger is the first Republican Congressional incumbent of the year to lose...
by Thomas Mills | May 8, 2018 | 2018 elections, NC Politics, Politics |
Full disclosure: The author works for the Ken Romley Campaign. What happened to NC-02? It seems to have fallen off the radar screen. When the 2018 election cycle began back in 2017, political analysts saw it as one of two potential pickups in Congressional races in...
by Thomas Mills | May 7, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education |
For years conservatives have complained that liberals are controlling our colleges and universities, especially public ones, and squashing academic freedom. Now, it turns out that private donors are using their money to exert influence over the administration of...
