by Thomas Mills | Aug 16, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Education |
It’s election time and Republican legislators are again claiming they’re spending more money on public schools. In direct mail pieces and in social media posts, they’re bragging about their record on education. So once again, it’s time to ask, where’s the money? If...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
Yesterday was a bad day for the authoritarians in the General Assembly. First, the court came out against their law that would retro-actively change elections laws, leaving two Republicans on the ballot for Supreme Court. Then, all five formers governors, two...
by Darren Janz | Aug 13, 2018 | 2018 elections, Features, History, NC Political Geography, News
Share North Carolina’s judicial system consists of three distinct divisions – the Appellate Division, the Superior Court Division, and the District Court Division. Judges in all three branches are elected directly by the people, and while the latter two consist of...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 13, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
Today, all five of North Carolina’s surviving governors are holding a press conference to oppose two of the proposed constitutional amendments that would shift power from the governor to the legislature. The GOP majority in the state house and senate has been trying...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 10, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC House
Yesterday, the Republican House Caucus released a web site supposedly ridiculing Democratic House candidates. The text reads, “Here are the candidates of the North Carolina Democratic House Caucus hoping to get elected to enact a far-left radical agenda.” That...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 9, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
The special Congressional election in Ohio Tuesday night offers continued evidence of a Blue Wave. While the Republican came out victorious, the result was similar to those we’ve seen since the special election in Georgia’s 6thCongressional District last year....
