by Thomas Mills | Jun 27, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The most disturbing thing about Republican control of the legislature is not their conservative agenda, but their authoritarian one. Just as the AP is releasing another study showing that gerrymandering in North Carolina rigged the system for Republicans, the GOP is...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 16, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
The Republican who introduced a bill that allows municipalities to offer a .25¢ sales tax exposes the folly of the GOP tax cuts over the last few years and the negative impact they’re having on North Carolina’s most struggling communities. Instead of providing...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 13, 2017 | Ads, NC Politics |
Democrats certainly won’t be lacking for candidates heading into 2018. Across the state, people are announcing their candidacies for Congress and legislature earlier than at any time in recent memory. In the case of the General Assembly, candidates are running for...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 9, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
On Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper called for a special session of the legislature to re-draw legislative districts that the Supreme Court found unconstitutional. In a twist, the session would run concurrently with the regular session now in progress. Republicans in...
by Walt de Vries | Jun 6, 2017 | 2018 elections, Politics |
The primaries and general election of 2018 will be unique. They will effectively be legislators’ elections. The North Carolina ballot will look like this:* U.S. House of Representatives State Senate State House of Representatives So, all of the U.S. House candidates...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 6, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Redistricting |
The silliest people on twitter yesterday were the Republicans trying to spin the Supreme Court’s declaration that North Carolina’s legislative districts are racially gerrymandered. They focused instead on the Court’s decision to send the remedy part, a special...
