by Thomas Mills | Feb 28, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
Right now, there are probably enough votes in the legislature to pass a clean bill to repeal House Bill 2. There are certainly enough to pass a version based on the framework offered by former Republican Governor Jim Martin back in May 2016. However, House Speaker Tim...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 27, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, Politics |
Tom Perez was elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee. It’s now time for Democrats to put that election behind them and move on. The DNC Chair is not nearly as important as activists seem to believe. The real action needs to happen in the states and state...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 24, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
North Carolina has its own version of repeal and replace going on. It’s not about health care reform, though; it’s about House Bill 2. A bill floating around the General Assembly would repeal certain bad parts of House Bill 2 and replace them other bad options....
by Thomas Mills | Feb 23, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
There’s a new bill in the legislature to repeal House Bill 2, or repeal parts of it. Once again, the only people happy with it are the sponsors. Liberals say it leaves in place discrimination against the LGBT community. Conservatives like Dan Forest aren’t going to...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 22, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Ethics, NC Politics |
With all the bad ideas floated by Republicans in their attempt to strip power from the executive branch, the restructuring of the State Board of Elections and Ethics Commission has gotten less attention. The new law, which is being contested in court, would combine...
