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Political ads remain key tool
During the homestretch, 70 percent of TV ads supporting Donald Trump were about policy, compared to only 25 percent of the ads supporting Hillary Clinton.
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Spooky
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What’s the problem? May be government itself
As hundreds of bills are filed in the General Assembly, I ask: What problem are lawmakers trying to solve? If there is one, what should government do about it? For years, people around the state have discussed the best dates for schools to start and to stop. Lawmakers, as of press time, have filed 17...
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Death spiral
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Disputes shine spotlight on N.C. Constitution
Fights between Gov. Roy Cooper and the N.C. General Assembly often involve disputed provisions in the state's governing document.
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Let me be clear
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Cooper budget signals Left’s defeat
If Roy Cooper thought the Left’s position on taxes to be correct and wise, he could have proposed to roll back recent tax cuts in his budget plan.
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Dialup, too?
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Plans to restructure Medicaid undermine Cooper’s plan for hospitals to pay for expansion in state
Despite the North Carolina legislature and other federal obstacles standing in the way, Gov. Roy Cooper is relentless in attempts to expand Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health services at no cost to low-income children, parents, pregnant women, aged, blind, and disabled. In his proposed 2017-19 budget released, the first recommended change listed under...
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Cooper picks the wrong battle
Even as state lawmakers were having to subpoena Larry Hall to show up at his confirmation hearing in Raleigh, Democrats in Washington were grilling Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.
