by John Wynne | Feb 2, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House |
The newest member of the General Assembly is Democrat Deb Butler of Wilmington. Butler was chosen to fill the vacancy left by retiring incumbent Susi Hamilton, who left to become Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources in Roy Cooper’s administration. The...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 1, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, North Carolina |
The News & Observer’s article about Pat McCrory’s emails concerning HB2 describe a man who never figured out to survive in state government. He was clearly thin-skinned, obsessing over news reports and unwilling to stand up for what he really believed. He got...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 27, 2017 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The 2016 election data is in and it’s pretty ugly for North Carolina Democrats. According to data released by Democracy North Carolina yesterday, their turnout in November was down 1.4% from 2012 while Republican turnout was up 2.5%. That’s what they call an...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 19, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans pummeled Democrats for unfunded mandates. Unfunded mandates are regulations or requirements passed by legislatures or Congress without the money to pay for them. That’s exactly what Republicans are doing to our public school...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 18, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA
North Carolina is in uncharted political territory. Not in well over 100 years has a GOP-controlled legislature welcomed a Democratic governor. When the Republicans took power in 2010, Democrat Bev Perdue still had two years left in her term. In 2012, the legislative...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 6, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
For most of the latter half of the 20th century, at least from 1960 on, North Carolina was a state on the move. In contrast to its southern neighbors, North Carolina took a moderate approach to social issues and focused on building a modern economy. In doing so, it...
