News
Surprise upsets: Some incumbents ousted by primary challengers in legislative races
Incumbents on both sides of the state legislative aisle fall to primary challengers on Tuesday night as North Carolina looks toward November.
News
Study: Only 2% of state lawmakers come from working class
North Carolina in among 10 states where zero current lawmakers hold or last worked in manual labor, service industry, clerical, or other jobs that the Duke researchers considered "working class."
Opinion
NC state legislators can stop Washington’s insane spending
After the global “surprise” of a Covid pandemic, it is vital to prepare for events once thought unthinkable. Unchecked, America is headed for default. Economic experts now predict double-digit inflation before the end of the year. Massive trillion-dollar deficits are estimated to push the nation’s debt to a staggering $30 trillion at the same time....
Opinion
A broken federal government reminds us there’s hope in state legislatures
For the average American, disconnect from the federal government remains exorbitant. It should be with lawmakers running up obscene amounts of debt on top of the nonstop partisan bickering. Yet, even now, all is not lost in representative government, thanks mostly due to the work of state legislatures. This is a point made particularly well...
Podcast
Reforming N.C.’s Teacher Compensation System
Terry Stoops on teacher pay ideas from Gov. McCrory & Lt. Gov. Forest; Fred Barnes on N.C.'s Senate race; Dan Forest on teacher pay endowment; Jim Clarkson on impact of electric utility regulation on consumers; Rick Henderson on N.C.'s Supreme Court race
Opinion
When Yes is No, & No Yes
France is going to veto the latest American-British-Spanish resolution on Iraq. Or is it? What French strategy has in common with legislative strategy in the NC General Assembly.
