by John Wynne | Jun 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Education, Features, NC Senate Races |
The powers-that-be in the North Carolina General Assembly want to keep their short session short and sweet. A lot of people are saying that’s because Thom Tillis doesn’t want to engender a lot of controversy while he’s running for Senate, but...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 30, 2014 | Budget, NC Politics, NCGA |
Abusive conservatism lives! Late Wednesday night, the Senate Republicans restarted their artillery barrage on our government. It was all there: shredding of democratic norms, mean-spiritedness, political payback and mind-boggling recklessness Knowing their plans would...
by Thomas Mills | May 30, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Education, Health Care |
Well, the senate decided to give teachers a real raise. Unfortunately, they decided to make children, the sick and the elderly pay for it. It’s clear now that the raise is intended to take a political issue off the table instead of helping to make our public schools...
by John Wynne | May 29, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Environment, Features, Issues, US Senate |
It’s unusual for the Speaker of the House to vote on legislation, but Thom Tillis did so yesterday when it came to the fracking bill. He explained that he wanted to “make it very clear where I stood on this issue.” Clearly, Tillis is a big fan of...
by John Wynne | May 28, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Education, Features, Issues, Politics |
The just-announced Senate plan that would give substantial raises for teachers is a home-run for the NC GOP. You can tell by how the plan is being criticized not because of the salary increases but because of the cuts that will have to be made elsewhere (tax increases...
by Thomas Mills | May 28, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics |
In the credit-where-credit-is-due department, the state senate should get accolades for the teacher pay plan it’s introducing today. Whether you agree with all of it or not, it’s a serious proposal that significantly increases pay while offering flexibility aimed at...
