by Thomas Mills | Mar 28, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
Boy, those MetLife guys are gonna be PISSED! When they took that $90 million in government money, I don’t think they planned on peeing in a cup. But that’s what Senator Andrew Brock is going to make them do. Brock introduced a bill that would require “applicants for...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 20, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
The so-called “Republican autopsy” conducted by party leaders calls on the GOP to broaden its base by reaching out to minority and women voters and becoming less dogmatic in its approach to policy. At the same time, however, participants at CPAC were calling for the...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 19, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA
Yesterday’s job report showed North Carolina’s unemployment rate inched up to 9.5% in January. However, the news wasn’t all bad. The state is steadily adding jobs but it’s also attracting “job seekers from other parts of the country.” Essentially, there...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 18, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, Voting Rights
The Republican rationale for voter ID keeps evolving. First, the move was going stop rampant voter fraud. When no significant fraud was found, the GOP said it wanted to prevent future voter fraud. Now, Thom Tillis took to the airways, on MSNBC no less, to say that...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 15, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, Politics
An op-ed in today’s News & Observer used the shift of County Commissioner seats from Democrat to Republican to conclude that North Carolina is not a purple, or swing state, but one that is trending red. This conclusion is flawed but the data does highlight the...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 13, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Environment, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, Politics |
Last year, the legislature decided that North Carolina is going to allow drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” While the issue is controversial, the legislature put a process in place to establish rules that Republican leaders said would...
