by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 23, 2020 | Politics
ShareThe new state Senate majority of 2011, led by men of modestly successful careers, and in large part from rural areas, came into power with an edge of payback. As Bev Perdue exited office after one term, Senators Phil Berger of Rockingham County, Tom Apodaca of...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 15, 2020 | 2020 election, Congressional Races, Democrats, Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareFull Disclosure: I am working with Pat Timmons-Goodson to launch her campaign. Fuller Disclosure: I couldn’t be more proud to be helping her campaign. When Republicans in the North Carolina legislature redrew Congressional districts last fall, they gave...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 14, 2020 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid
ShareLast week, the Republicans in the Kansas legislature reached an agreement with the Democratic governor to expand Medicaid. Today, the North Carolina legislature goes back into session. Maybe we could see a similar agreement here. If the agreement goes...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 30, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareAs the country goes through another political realignment, the two parties are engaged in civil wars that could reshape them both. On the Republican side, the war seems to be over. Trump and the populists won. On the Democratic side, the battle is still raging....
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 12, 2019 | Politics
ShareGarland S. Tucker III, retired financier, think tank fellow, accomplished author and straight-backed Southern gentleman (except for the matter of Dick’s Last Resort), was an unlikely tribune of the people. According to the speculation of many, GOP...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 5, 2019 | Politics
ShareThe North Carolina Republican party spent its birth and adolescence as a progressive force. Initially based in the Appalachian mountains, where hardy yeomen voted on antipathy to the state’s secessionist elite, it gained a foothold in urban areas as the...
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