by James Kotecki | Apr 28, 2016 | Education, Issues, Politics, The North Carolinian |
Low teacher pay. A decline in per-student investment. Teachers leaving the state. But the most troubling thing about public education in North Carolina may be that it’s all going according to plan. Rodney Ellis, the President of the North Carolina Association of...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 28, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights |
What a lousy idea. Republicans in the state Senate want to put House Bill 2 up for a referendum. We’re not a referendum state and it won’t solve anything. It might make matters considerably worse. If the bill is put up for a vote of the people, it will either be a...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 27, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights |
Republicans just can’t seem to untangle themselves from House Bill 2. It started out as a bill about which bathrooms transgender people can use. It quickly became about discrimination and government overreach. Now, with companies opting out of the state, organizations...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 25, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights |
Much to his chagrin, President Pro-tem Phil Berger and his so-called “bathroom bill” have started a national conversation about transgender people. Berger thought he had an easy target: a group of socially marginalize people with little political clout. He could pass...
by James Kotecki | Apr 21, 2016 | LGBT Rights, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian |
Hi, I’m James Kotecki, host of the state politics podcast The North Carolinian. I talk to state leaders about just what the heck is going on here – and what we’re going to do about it. In this episode, NC Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue (D-Raleigh)...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 21, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, National Politics |
The contrast in headlines was stark. The Washington Post read, “Britain issues warning for LGBT travelers visiting North Carolina and Mississippi.” WRAL said “Berger says HB2 won’t be repealed.” Two things are clear: North Carolina is now an international...
