by Thomas Mills | Feb 21, 2017 | Editor's Blog |
Legislators are talking about raising their pay. It’s long past time to do it. They haven’t had a raise in about 20 years and they need fair compensation. Pay for a state legislator is about $14,000 a year. They get $104 per diem when the legislature is in session and...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 20, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
At a time when the country needs less partisanship, Republicans in the NCGA are pushing bills to increase it. Bills sponsored by GOP legislators would make elections partisan that are currently non-partisan. Those include judicial, municipal and school board races....
by Thomas Mills | Feb 17, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2, NC Politics |
Rarely has one piece of legislation caused so much consternation for one party. HB2 is so stuck on Republicans that they can’t get rid of it. They passed it in a special twelve-hour session of the legislature a year ago and then-Governor Pat McCrory signed it in the...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 14, 2017 | Editor's Blog |
Last week, a series of articles help explain the obstacles Democrats face returning to power. A piece by Aaron Blake of the Washington Post described the problems Democrats face in the 2018 elections. Donald Trump won 30 states and 230 Congressional districts compared...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 10, 2017 | Editor's Blog |
Democrats are beginning the infighting inevitable after a defeat like they suffered in 2016. There are disputes about strategies and tactics as well as ones about ideology and issues. Some of the arguments may play out during the race for DNC but the divides in the...
