by Thomas Mills | Apr 1, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
North Carolina has a long history of revolving US Senate seats. The seat Sen. Thom Tillis holds has flipped every cycle since Jesse Helms gave it up in 2002. The other Senate seat, the one Richard Burr holds, had flipped every cycle since Sam Ervin retired in 1974...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 11, 2019 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Last week, the News & Observer noted what most middle-class North Carolinians know is true. Our economy may be better than it was when the Great Recession left us with almost 10% unemployment but it’s not the powerhouse that Republicans promised they’d bring...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 31, 2019 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA
Back in 1994, Republicans steamrolled Democrats and ushered in a new class of freshmen legislators in North Carolina and Congress. With their victory, that freshman class completed the Reagan Revolution and changed politics in Washington and Raleigh. This year, the...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 25, 2019 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
We’ve had election fraud in the form of unprecedented gerrymandering that’s left us voting in different Congressional, legislative and even municipal district multiple during the decade since the GOP took power. We’ve had power grabs designed to concentrate power in...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 22, 2019 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Yesterday, the North Carolina GOP held a press conference to announce, “You know all that noise we made about election integrity for the past decade? We were just kidding.” Instead, they’re advocating to seat a candidate who knowingly hired a convicted felon with...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 11, 2019 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics
The legislature is now back in action. Members were sworn into office this week and the General Assembly official opened the 2019-2020 session the legislature on Wednesday. They also elected new leaders. Tim Moore was re-elected Speaker of the House. All the...
