Faced with the possibility that three council seats would be open after the November election, the Winston-Salem City Council voted on Monday to ask the General Assembly to approve changes…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way has the very latest on N.C. budget actions. Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, gave an impassioned defense of the $23 billion bipartisan General Fund budget compromise Wednesday…
State Rep. Ed Hanes has sponsored a bill that would take $38.5 million in proceeds from the North Carolina Education Lottery to establish a fund to help N.C. teachers pay…
View in your browser. Welcome Why do African American students receive a disproportionate number of short- and long-term suspensions from classroom teachers and administrators? Some have suggested that cultural, racial,…
You should know where JLF stands on N.C.’s mandate and subsidies for renewable energy and subsidies. We’ve written extensively about North Carolina’s renewable energy portfolio standards and what a bad…
… people known to be interested in running for the congressional seat currently held by Mel Watt. The list, per the Associated Press and Winston-Salem Journal: • Rep. Alma Adams…
Big Energy (the “morally correct” Big Energy, that is, the one that is allowed to raise rates on the poor captured ratepayers and engage in the worst of cronyism without…
The legislative effort to provide parents with education choices continues. Sizzling oratory and stubborn statistics clashed as opponents of a tax-funded voucher bill for private schools squared off against advocates…
…Regarding whether or not to run for Rep. Mel Watt’s 12th District seat, should Watt be confirmed as head of Fannie and Freddie: Already several Democratic lawmakers have expressed interest…
If your head is spinning because of the shuffle going on in Raleigh and in Washington, join the club. Earlier this week, we learned that Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx will…
JLF’s Sarah Curry analyzes Forsyth County Rep. Ed Hanes’ bill to keep the 2008 tax values in place until 2016: Legislators need to quit doing the dirty work for the…
This morning the Winston-Salem Journal reported Forsyth Representative Ed Hanes is going to introduce a bill to keep the 2008 tax values in place until 2016. He claims this will…