by John Wynne | May 15, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, DHHS, Features |
This week’s Worst Week in Raleigh award goes to Angie Sligh, a former manager at the state Department of Health and Human Services who is the subject of an audit described in terms like “withering” and “scathing”. The audit, released...
by John Wynne | May 13, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov, Polling |
Depending on which pollster you believe, Governor Pat McCrory is either very popular, or very unpopular. Gravis Marketing finds the governor with an upside-down 33/49 approval and trailing Roy Cooper by 2 in the gubernatorial race. That’s terrible and means the...
by John Wynne | May 12, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Economic Development, Features, NC Politics |
Volvo’s announcement that it’s South Carolina bound puts a damper on last week’s good news that the state is going to end the year with a surplus. It’s no surprise why the Swedish company chose our neighbor to the south: they threw a bunch of...
by John Wynne | May 11, 2015 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGA |
Note: This post was significantly enhanced through the efforts of Lawrence Shaheen, who assisted in writing the piece. Mr. Shaheen is a GOP political consultant and attorney based in Mecklenburg County who has run, consulted, and helped win a number of elections in...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 10, 2015 | NC Politics, NCGOP
Kansas has been cited as a cautionary tale for North Carolina. And Tar Heel conservatives are indeed pursuing ideas that have led the Sunflower State astray. These shared policy experiences didn’t come out of nowhere. They’re rooted in the histories of the two...
by John Wynne | May 7, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
One of these Democrats is almost certainly going to be on the ballot in 2016. The others? It’s anyone’s guess at this point. Mike Is former U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre mulling a run against Richard Burr? One of the folks at the John Locke Foundation got a call...
