As the legislature hunkers down to re-draw some of the House and Senate districts to comply with the recent Common Cause three-judge decision which claimed “extreme” partisan gerrymandering, new maps…
A bill moving through the North Carolina General Assembly that aggressively addresses the long standing and now critical problem of failing public schools. House Bill 1080, sponsored by Rep. Rob…
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
A bipartisan group of N.C. legislators unveiled this afternoon House Bill 399, the Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act. It aims to transfer misdemeanor offenses by 16- and 17-year-olds from the adult…
For the General Assembly to approve an occupancy tax increase, all state house and senate members from that district must approve the measure. This is the case with Wilson County…
Earlier this week, Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield of Wilson declared that changes to state unemployment benefits will produce “suicides and mass killings.” If she is right, then citizens need to arm…
Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson, gave an impassioned speech on the House floor against House Bill 4, the unemployment insurance reform measure Carolina Journal most recently reported on here. While Farmer-Butterfield…
Rob Christensen’s column in the News & Observer this morning was inspirational — but not in the way you might think. Christensen’s point, in a nutshell, is that misogyny reigns…
After additional testy debate, including accusations by Rep. Jean Farmer Butterfield, D-Wilson, that North Carolina’s’economic crisis is George Bush’s’fault, Speaker Joe Hackney, D-Orange, calls for the vote on the $1.8…
The N.C. House Finance Committee voted 25-4 this morning to approve a moratorium on forced annexation. Only Democratic Reps. Martha Alexander, Jean Farmer Butterfield, Pryor Gibson, and Bill Owens opposed…
You still have time to cast your vote. Once those polls close, our cast of characters will try to update you on the important races on this year’s ballot. I’ll…