by Thomas Mills | Mar 15, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2, North Carolina |
After four years of controlling every branch of state government, Republicans in North Carolina are having a hard time understanding compromise and bipartisanship. They’ve passed legislation at will with very little successful resistance. That power led to overreach...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 7, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
Lt. Governor Dan Forest has gone down to Texas to promote the Lone Star State’s version of HB2. In the eyes of Forest and social conservatives across the nation, the law is a booming success. In their view, it may be costing North Carolina hundreds of millions of...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 2, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
It seems that most people in the General Assembly want to get rid of House Bill 2 despite accusations to the contrary from both sides. Sure, there are some social conservatives who would prefer to stand on principle while the reputation of the state goes down the...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 28, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
Right now, there are probably enough votes in the legislature to pass a clean bill to repeal House Bill 2. There are certainly enough to pass a version based on the framework offered by former Republican Governor Jim Martin back in May 2016. However, House Speaker Tim...
by John Wynne | Feb 27, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, HB2, LGBT Rights |
The latest HB 2 compromise bill – probably the most promising one ever in its potential to win Republican votes – is going nowhere. The sticking point? Democrats are opposed to the referendum portion of the bill, where non-discrimination ordinances have to...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 24, 2017 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
North Carolina has its own version of repeal and replace going on. It’s not about health care reform, though; it’s about House Bill 2. A bill floating around the General Assembly would repeal certain bad parts of House Bill 2 and replace them other bad options....
