by Derek Scott | Aug 7, 2019 | Budget, Health Care, Medicaid, North Carolina, Politics
The battle over North Carolina’s 2019-20 and 2020-21 budgets is currently raging a month into overtime. The crux of that fight is, of course, Medicaid expansion. Along the way it has been portrayed by opponents as a liberal hobby horse, a pet project, the most...
by Kirk Kovach | Aug 6, 2019 | 2018 elections, 2020 election, NC Politics, The Kovach Corner
In the wake of the tragic massacres in our nation over the weekend, one in El Paso, Texas, the other in Dayton, Ohio, most if not all Americans took a moment to reflect on the type of rhetoric and inaction that has brought us to this point in American history. I say...
by Kirk Kovach | May 28, 2019 | NC Politics, Politics, The Kovach Corner, US Senate |
As it stands now, Democrats need a candidate for US Senate. There have been a few candidates to throw their hat into the race so far, but none of them have the fundraising ability or the institutional support to mount a realistic challenge against the incumbent Thom...
by Kirk Kovach | Apr 25, 2019 | 2020 election, NC Senate Races, The Feed, The Kovach Corner
Morning Consult released a poll this morning that showed Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina hemorrhaging support from members of his own party. In February, Senator Tillis publicly opposed President Trump’s national emergency over the border wall,...
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...
