by Thomas Mills | Mar 19, 2018 | Bitzer, Editor's Blog, Politics
When I started working in politics in North Carolina about 25 years ago, we had two main metrics to determine whether districts were competitive or not: party registration and race. While both factors still matter, the state is changing and how we identify competitive...
by Byron Williams | Mar 18, 2018 | Features, Politics |
Since World War II, America has been the undisputed global economic champion. The majority of Americans living today know only the United States as an economic and military superpower. Unfortunately, history reminds us that there is an expiration date on all great...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 15, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
At this point it’s an evergreen lede, but the Republicans are at it again. Remember the non-story they began to hawk a few weeks ago about a so-called slush fund that Governor Cooper negotiated? The slush fund, or more precisely the mitigation fund, is an aspect of...
by Darren Janz | Mar 15, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Buncombe County is far different from its Appalachian counterparts – Buncombe has more than twice the population of any other western North Carolina county and is the seventh largest statewide, with a population of...
by Darren Janz | Mar 12, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography
Brunswick County is the southernmost in North Carolina, with the mouth of the Cape Fear River to its east, the Atlantic Ocean directly to its south, and the coastal beginning of the South Carolina border to its west. Recent years have seen the county’s beaches become...
by Byron Williams | Mar 7, 2018 | Features, Politics |
The presidential campaign promise is one of the most overrated aspects of politics, especially when the individual seeks the office for the first time. The perspective from the Oval Office is unlike any other in the world, let alone the campaign trail. Impervious to...
