by Thomas Mills | May 16, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Education |
Democrats have the right message on education and they need to stick with it. North Carolina is 37th in teacher pay and 39thin per pupil spending. Republicans in Raleigh let our public schools down, denying them text books, supplies and support staff. Instead, they’ve...
by Thomas Mills | May 15, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Education |
The rally in Raleigh tomorrow may be a preview to the general election campaign this fall. Both sides are trying to shape public perception of the protest and score political points. And both sides have dramatically different interpretations of the event. Republicans...
by Thomas Mills | May 14, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education, North Carolina |
On Wednesday, educators will greet legislators returning for the short session with a massive rally. Organizers say the protest might exceed 10,000 teachers and school districts across the state are canceling classes. North Carolina teachers are following in the...
by Thomas Mills | May 11, 2018 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Roy Cooper released a budget yesterday that clearly outlines Democratic priorities. Republicans say it’s dead on arrival. Maybe so, but it sure sets up a fight in an election year. Cooper is betting that the priorities in his budget mirror the priorities of the state....
by Thomas Mills | May 9, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Primaries are over in North Carolina and the race that gets national attention is the Republican primary in NC-09 where Mark Harris upset incumbent Robert Pittenger in a rematch from 2016. Pittenger is the first Republican Congressional incumbent of the year to lose...
by Thomas Mills | May 8, 2018 | 2018 elections, NC Politics, Politics |
Full disclosure: The author works for the Ken Romley Campaign. What happened to NC-02? It seems to have fallen off the radar screen. When the 2018 election cycle began back in 2017, political analysts saw it as one of two potential pickups in Congressional races in...
