by Thomas Mills | Mar 27, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGA, NCGOP |
Wake County is the fastest growing county in a state where half the counties are losing population. It’s been the economic engine pulling North Carolina out of the recession. It’s attracting industry and Raleigh’s downtown is becoming a destination. So what...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 25, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGA |
If you thought the biggest political fights were between Democrats and Republicans, you should be watching the North Carolina General Assembly right now. The House and Senate are at odds on a lot of big issues. Let the sausage making begin. Right now, the two houses...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 24, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
John Hood has a nice piece on attempts by North Carolina Democrats to change electoral rules back in the 1980s. They were trying to limit the influence of Republican Governor Jim Martin and a group of newly elected Republican legislators. Ultimately, they backed down....
by Thomas Mills | Mar 19, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
The long session of the legislature is starting to get interesting. The sides are drawing battle plans and they are not along partisan lines. The forces driving the political debate are: urban versus rural, free-marketeers versus pragmatists, and local government...
by John Wynne | Mar 17, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NCGA, NCGOP |
State Sen. Harry Brown is a Jacksonville Republican, but he’s preparing to file a bill that will spread the wealth around. Brown’s bill would change the formula for how sales taxes are distributed. Right now, the formula gives a portion of the revenue to...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 17, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP |
They got Tom Ross. Now, they are going after Scott Ralls. Under the Dome noted that Ralls, President of the North Carolina Community College System, is interviewing for a job as head of a college in Northern Virginia. Regardless of what he says publicly, my guess is...
