by Thomas Mills | Apr 30, 2021 | Editor's Blog
Republicans in North Carolina are trying to put the divisive social issues that have harmed their electoral fortunes behind them–or so it seems. While Florida passed a bill preventing transgender girls from playing on female sports teams and West Virginia signed...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 24, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
When Senator Phil Berger became Senate President Pro-Tem of the North Carolina Senate, he clearly followed the model established by his Democratic predecessor, Marc Basnight. Berger runs an organized caucus that rarely airs its laundry in public. If there are power...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 2, 2020 | Editor's Blog |
Mark Walker is officially in the race for U.S. Senate in 2022. That’s no big surprise. When Walker’s Congressional district got redrawn to favor a Democrat, he took a pass on running for re-election. People speculated at the time that he would seek the Senate seat...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 14, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
I was very disappointed to see Senate President Pro-tem Phil Berger attack members of the body he’s supposed to be leading. In a medium post, he accuses Democrats of being “mask hypocrites,” showing photos of Democratic Senators not wearing masks. I cannot imagine...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 7, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog
Social distancing and shutting down most of the state seems to be working. A study out yesterday reduced the expected number of new cases and deaths from COVID-19. The researchers who did the study warn that opening the state too early could reverse the progress and...
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