by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 17, 2016 | Environment, NC Politics, NCGov, North Carolina |
Barring a coup d’etat, Roy Cooper has ejected Pat McCrory from the governor’s mansion. McCrory can spend the rest of his working life as a Duke Energy lobbyist. Which brings us to the topic of this post. One of Cooper’s top tasks will be to reverse his predecessor’s...
by James Kotecki | Oct 19, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Education, HB2, Moral Monday, NC House Races, NC Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian
When you think about the kind of candidates that get state Democrats excited this year, you might not think of a woman who once received unemployment benefits, was once arrested, and was once a Republican. But that’s Jen Ferrell, the now-Democratic challenger of a...
by James Kotecki | Oct 12, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Features, HB2, Issues, National Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Presidential race, The North Carolinian, US Senate |
Hello from one of our country’s swingiest swing states. We didn’t ask to be at the chocolatey, chewy center of this democratic Tootise Roll pop called America. But since we are, let me assure your that the country is safe with...
by Aaron Sarver | Oct 12, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics, NCGOP, Voting Rights |
Now that North Carolina’s monster Voter ID law has been struck down by the federal courts, we’re almost back to the status quo of voting rights in North Carolina, with one important difference – the elimination of straight-ticket voting. All provisions of the law that...
by James Kotecki | Oct 5, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Features, HB2, Issues, LGBT Rights, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian
Jane Campbell is a retired Navy captain and an unaffiliated candidate for NC House. She’s also openly gay. After learning her state representative was an architect of HB2 and running unopposed for reelection, she decided to do something about it. UPDATE 10/5/16...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 22, 2016 | Economy, Environment, NC Politics, North Carolina |
By the early 1970’s, the Brown Pelican was on the ropes. Decades of DDT effluence discharged into the nation’s waters had poisoned that aquatic bird’s eggs and left us only a few thousand of them diving into the water, sustaining ecosystems and capturing the...
