by John Wynne | Sep 18, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA |
This has been a lousy week for spin operatives on the Left. Since the budget was released, we’ve been hearing nonstop about how awful and destructive it is for the state, how it shortchanges teachers and will send the state back to the Stone Age. If the rhetoric...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 18, 2015 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
After nine months of muddling around Raleigh, bringing more bad headlines to the state, the legislature finally passed its budget. Now, we better buckle our seat belts. The real mischief is about to begin. Legislative leaders say they will adjourn on September 30....
by John Wynne | Sep 15, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGA
Welcome to this edition of Better Know a Legislator – the first in what we hope will be an ongoing series of exclusive interviews with those who represent us in the General Assembly. State Senator Terry Van Duyn is a Democrat who represents the 49th district....
by John Wynne | Sep 2, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA
It’s no secret that the General Assembly wants to move the date of the presidential primary to March 15th in order to avoid getting punished by the Republican National Committee. What many have not planned for is that the legislature might move all primaries to...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 24, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGA |
The Ashley Madison hack has provided plenty of fodder for the internet over the past few days. It exposed hypocrites like the already ethically-challenged Josh Duggar and at least one Christian youtube crusader. Even the head of the Louisiana GOP had an account. Here...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 16, 2015 | NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, Tax Reform |
At what point does the Senate finally get sick of itself? After four years of putting up with them, even their erstwhile allies in the House have tired of the Upper Chamber’s pointless, chest-thumping gestures. It must be exhausting to blast another doomed bill...
