by James Kotecki | Sep 28, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian
24 years after her first campaign, Patsy Keever chairs North Carolina’s Democratic Party for what she implies is her last election in an official role. Keever says it’s time for a new generation of leaders to take over. Before leaving, all she has to do is help her...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 26, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics |
North Carolina has gotten used to being in the political spotlight. Since 2008, we’ve been one of the most closely watched states in the country. And I’m not talking about the negative publicity brought to us by the Governor and General Assembly. I’m talking the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 22, 2016 | Economy, Environment, NC Politics, North Carolina |
By the early 1970’s, the Brown Pelican was on the ropes. Decades of DDT effluence discharged into the nation’s waters had poisoned that aquatic bird’s eggs and left us only a few thousand of them diving into the water, sustaining ecosystems and capturing the...
by James Kotecki | Sep 21, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Features, NC Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Redistricting, The North Carolinian, Voting Rights |
It’s almost Election Day! Here in North Carolina court rulings have reshaped our voting rules. I made this video to break it down. VOTER RESOURCES Request an absentee ballot. Find your county’s board of elections office to check early voting times. NC Voter...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 20, 2016 | Editor's Blog, HB2, NC Politics |
A deal over HB2 less than two months before an election was always a long shot. Both sides are locked into a campaign narrative and changing it at the last moment adds chaos to an already unpredictable political environment. It was torpedoed, though, before it even...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 19, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Friday afternoon, word emerged that a compromise over HB2 was in the works. The deal, brokered by the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association, calls on Charlotte to repeal its ordinance and for the General Assembly to repeal HB2. The association’s members...
