by Kirk Kovach | Jul 2, 2019 | Health Care, The Kovach Corner
Then-candidate Roy Cooper made Medicaid expansion a key plank in his list of issues. Now, two years into his tenure, is the first real opportunity to do it. With Democrats clawing back a handful of seats both in the House and Senate last year, Republicans no longer...
by Kirk Kovach | Jul 1, 2019 | PODCAST
This week, we touch on the gerrymandering decision last Thursday and Dan Forest’s controversial remarks about diversity. Kirk KovachKirk Kovach is a native North Carolinian interested in writing about politics, communication and...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 29, 2019 | 2020 election, The Kovach Corner
Over the course of the last week, the Democratic debates have demonstrated in succinct form what has been known since at least 2016: The Democratic Party is shifting leftward. Or is it? Certainly, the leftward flank of the party is ascendant now. On the heels of...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 28, 2019 | Budget, The Feed, The Kovach Corner
Last December I put together a little piece examining the fact that former Rep. Justin Burr, from Stanly, snagged a prime job right off of his electoral defeat. Burr, who has no experience at all in the field for which he would be responsible in this job, skated...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 24, 2019 | PODCAST
Rep. Larry Pittman adds more to his history of outlandish statements, this time comparing Abraham Lincoln to Adolf Hitler. Kirk KovachKirk Kovach is a native North Carolinian interested in writing about politics, communication and...
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