by Michael Cooper | Oct 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
The United States Senate race pitting Kay Hagan against Thom Tillis is the most expensive campaign in the history of North Carolina, yet it’s cheapening our politics during a critical time for our state. The $30 million already spent on advertisements, by the...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is up with another ad defending his record on education. National pundits are asking why education has so dominated the North Carolina Senate contest. It’s a subject usually confined to state politics, while federal races are more often about issues like...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 24, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Poverty |
Back in the early 1990s, I went to work as a human resource director for an aluminum die cast company. The company had moved to rural North Carolina from the Midwest because of low wages, low taxes and no unions. They hired me because their turnover rate was so high...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 16, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory is in serious trouble because he is no longer taken seriously. After a year of breaking campaign promises, making stuff up, blaming other people and shirking responsibilities, the media no longer believes what he says or takes him at his word. His reset...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 6, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, Politics
Yesterday, former Governor Jim Hunt laid out the first serious policy proposal of 2014. In an op-ed, he called for raising teacher salaries to the national average in five years. His plan offers an opportunity to Republicans and reveals a lot about the North Carolina...
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