On Tuesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (CMS) school board passed the “Municipal Concerns Act of 2018.” It is a stunningly brazen document. As Jim Morrill of the Charlotte Observer explains, What the…
• Debate day! Eleven Republican presidential contenders will face off at 8 p.m. at the Reagan Presidential Library in California. CNN will air the debate, and the network offers a…
The Washington Post‘s Chris Cillizza published a list of the best state political reporters. The following North Carolina reporters made the list: Mark Binker, WRAL Jon Camp, ABC11 Tim Boyum,…
• National Review Online looks at the controversy surrounding energy grants received by businesses owned by family members of Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. Over the weekend, the News &…
• Republican Thom Tillis’ Senate campaign launches a new ad referring to a stimulus grant that benefited several companies owned by family members of Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan. See Carolina…
Well that certainly is an unexpected development. It’s also a game-changer as Samuelson is key GOP fundraiser and leader in N.C. House. Jim Morrill of the UPoR offers up a…
That’s the provocative question examined by an article by the Charlotte Observer’s Jim Morrill and Tim Funk. Well worth a read.
As The Charlotte Observer‘s Jim Morrill reports today, the chances of North Carolina having much of an impact on the GOP presidential primary increased after the split results Tuesday. That…
The AP has a good overview of Erskine Bowles’ potential entry into N.C.’s gubernatorial race: Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff in Bill Clinton’s White House, led the prestigious…
Jim Morrill reports that your City of Charlotte is hiring Democratic operatives as “consultants” in its bid to bring the 2012 DNC convention to town. Tom McMahon and Karen Finney…
Here we go again. The overarching theme of Jim Morrill’s rundown of the Tim D’Annunzio-Harold Johnson GOP runoff caught my eye: In the district that stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville,…
Well, that didn’t last long. So much for John Lassiter wanting to undo the 2006 9-percent city property tax hike. On Tuesday, Lassiter said he wouldn’t necessarily try to roll…