by Thomas Mills | Mar 7, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
Editor’s note: Every time I hear some Republican rewriting history to claim credit for making North Carolina an economic powerhouse, I’m writing one of these columns. I’m not giving in to fairy tales or lies. Republicans claiming that they’ve made...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 1, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
Republicans have a narrative about how they saved North Carolina. To hear them tell it, North Carolina was a spiraling hellhole of bloated government and over-regulation that kept businesses from moving here and taxes too high. In reality, everything that’s made North...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 29, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Former Senator Kay Hagan died yesterday. Since 2016, she suffered from the results of a debilitating tick-borne illness that left her with limited speech and mobility. A long term resident of Greensboro, she was 66 years old. Hagan was born in Shelby but grew up in...
by Thomas Mills | May 18, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education |
To look at GOP graphs explaining public education funding, you’d think that the legislature didn’t start paying for public schools until 2008. Every one begins with a downward trend for two years and then a dramatic upswing when Republicans took control. Like Oz the...
by Thomas Mills | May 24, 2017 | Editor's Blog |
I’ve reached an age where I’m watching the generation of people who shaped me disappear. Through their examples, they gave me my values and my love of small towns and rural areas. They also built the North Carolina where I grew up. As they leave, they take...
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