by John Wynne | Jul 21, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA
Dr. Jim Fulghum, who represented House District 49 in the General Assembly, died over the weekend following treatment for cancer. He was 70, a retired neurosurgeon, and until recently, a candidate for State Senate. He was also a model citizen legislator. He was not a...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 21, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
So much for that Carolina Comeback. North Carolina lost thousands of jobs in June. In addition, the workforce is continuing to shrink. Pat McCrory and the Republicans have been claiming that the shrinking unemployment rate is due to massive hiring. But those claims...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 14, 2014 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Remember Latchkey kids? No? Well, back in the late 1970s and 1980s, they were a pretty big deal. Kids as young as six years old were going home to empty houses because both parents were working and didn’t have the money for child care. They were called latchkey kids...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 11, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Budget, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Pat McCrory sure was a lot more fun before they put him in a box. We haven’t had any of those say-anything moments in awhile. We also haven’t had one of his freewheeling, unscripted interviews with reporters, either. Instead, we’re getting Pat McCrory 2.0. This...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 10, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
In politics, to win an argument, your case needs to be believable just as much as it needs to be true. Right now, Republicans and Democrats are both pushing story lines that have little credibility. On the Republican side, it’s voter suppression laws. On the...
by John Wynne | Jul 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, Voting Rights |
Recent reports of a rise in African American turnout in the 2014 primaries, the implications of this in light of the new voter ID law, and the upcoming court case surrounding it, looks like much ado about nothing. Others may disagree, of course, but the latest...
