by Thomas Mills | Sep 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is up with another ad defending his record on education. National pundits are asking why education has so dominated the North Carolina Senate contest. It’s a subject usually confined to state politics, while federal races are more often about issues like...
by Seth Effron | Sep 20, 2014 | Economy, NCGA, NCGov |
North Carolina’s unemployment rate is now higher than it was in January. The rate, 6.8 percent for August, has gone up each month since May. There were 29,000 fewer people on the job in August than in July. The rate would be even worse if there weren’t so many people...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, US Senate |
Seems Thom Tillis and the GOP are upset about the Democratic ads claiming Republicans cut $500 million from education. They claim the ads are false and cite several fact checkers that have cast doubt about the numbers. Yesterday, John Hood of the John Locke Foundation...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 12, 2014 | Budget, Economic Development, Economy, Editor's Blog, Education |
The GOP took control of the North Carolina legislature almost four years ago and they’ve made a mess. The latest evidence? A $200 million hole in a budget that’s not yet three months old. At that rate, the hole will be $1.2 BILLION by the end of the fiscal year. But...
by Seth Effron | Sep 10, 2014 | Budget |
Seth Effron, founder of the subscription news service The Insider, is a reporter who has followed North Carolina government and politics for three decades. He also served as Special Project Director at the prestigious Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 9, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Education, NCGOP |
North Carolina Republicans have a problem with their statistics bumping into reality. We’ve been hearing about the Carolina Comeback and our dramatic drop in the unemployment rate. Unfortunately, nobody’s feeling it. In reality, our job growth is barely keeping up...
