by Matt Phillippi | May 14, 2014 | Education, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
Unlike a lot of current members of the NC General Assembly I have a great deal of respect for teachers. My mother has been a teacher, librarian, and technology specialist in the WCPSS for over 20 years. The mother of my daughter is a teacher, as are her mother and...
by Gerrick Brenner | May 12, 2014 | Education, NC Politics, NCGOP |
Guest blogger Gerrick Brenner is Executive Director of Progress NC . How many Republican state lawmakers does it take to defend the GOP’s cuts to our public schools? Apparently at a town hall meeting in his own district, House Rep. Tim Moffitt of Buncombe County knew...
by Thomas Mills | May 9, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Obamacare, US Senate |
Yesterday, Kay Hagan went on the attack. Not a SuperPAC. Not her campaign. Kay. In the confirmation hearing for Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Obama’s choice to succeed Kathleen Sebelius, Hagan let loose on Thom Tillis for failing to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. It was...
by Thomas Mills | May 8, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics |
Republicans realize that short-changing teachers and public schools was politically stupid. Now, they are throwing stuff against the wall hoping something sticks. The governor’s latest proposal for raising teacher pay is a reflection of both election year posturing...
by Thomas Mills | May 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
The jobs report is out again. This time, April growth exceeded expectations. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 288,000 new jobs were created and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.3% from 6.7%. So what was the response? As Politico notes, Democrats were...
by Kelsey Kemp | Apr 30, 2014 | Animal rights, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov |
Welcome guest blogger Kelsey Kemp. Kelsey relocated to North Carolina from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in mid-2012. She obtained a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Oklahoma and worked for four years at the state level as a legislative aide,...
