by Thomas Mills | Apr 10, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareHigh Point University released a poll this week that shows Republicans should probably start to worry a little bit. Donald Trump is unpopular while Roy Cooper is doing well in the minds of voters. It’s way too early to consider the poll a predictor but the trend...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 11, 2019 | 2020 elections, The Kovach Corner
ShareGovernor Cooper is not known for booming rhetoric, and in the same quiet way that he might deliver his speeches he has gone about dramatically shifting the balance of the North Carolina judiciary. Yesterday, Governor Cooper appointed North Carolina Court of...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 6, 2019 | Budget, Education, Politics, The Kovach Corner
ShareGovernor Cooper released his recommendations for the 2019-21 fiscal year budgets yesterday. As was expected, the proposed budget from Cooper highlighted his commitment to invest a notable amount of resources into education in North Carolina. Some top-line...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 8, 2019 | Politics, The Kovach Corner
ShareOne week ago today, it came out that Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia had apparently posed in either blackface or as a Klansman in his medical school yearbook. Northam waffled on the issue, at first claiming responsibility and then the following day suggesting...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 8, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
ShareThough it likely went under the radar for most, Governor Cooper rescinded a controversial choice for the North Carolina Human Relations Commission this week. Lawana Mayfield is currently on the Charlotte City Council, and in December the Governor appointed her to...
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