by John Wynne | Oct 13, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Education, Features, NC Politics, UNC |
With campaign season comes several surprises. State Treasurer Janet Cowell’s announcement that she’s not seeking reelection next year certainly qualifies as one of them. Cowell, first elected in 2008, was heavily courted by the DSCC to run against Richard...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 7, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
Gerrymandering districts in North Carolina is old hat. Democrats gerrymandered districts for years to ensure they kept majorities in the state House and Senate and Congress. Now, the GOP has virtually unassailable districts in a state that is evenly divided between...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 29, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Education |
The damage that Republicans are doing to public schools is on full display. Our per pupil spending is among the lowest in the nation. Our teacher pay ranks down there, too, and a new study lists North Carolina 50 on its list of best states for teachers. Now, the...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 28, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Education |
Nothing the Republicans have done in North Carolina is quite as disturbing as watching their handling of the University of North Carolina system. They stacked the Board of Governors with ideologues and put an obviously incompetent lawyer in charge of it. They’ve fired...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 24, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid |
Republicans couldn’t have found a better target than Medicaid. It’s everything they hate—a huge government program that serves poor people and is administered by a nonprofit instead of private sector. Unfortunately, it was also working extremely well. Community Care...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 22, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Transportation |
In the News & Observer this morning State Representative Paul Stam said, “Light rail is sort of a dinosaur of the 20th century or the 19th century.” Well, that sure is the pot calling the kettle black. Stam is certainly a leading member of the GOP Flat Earth...
