I don’t read June Atkinson’s latest comments on the public school leadership debate the same way Ryan Teague Beckwith does. [I]n a statement yesterday, Atkinson seemed to open up that…
To Ryan Teague Beckwith’s credit, he does not accept at face value the White House estimate that the federal stimulus package signed into law law Tuesday will create or save…
? Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory will meet in their first live television debate tomorrow night. Both seem to be practicing their zingers. ? The N&O offers a round-up of…
An “Under the Dome” item about Kay Hagan’s path to a top state Senate budget-writing job mentions the impact of redistricting. Another interesting fact that Ryan Teague Beckwith doesn’t mention…
? At the state GOP convention in Greensboro, Elizabeth Dole, Pat McCrory, and Robert Pittenger assess their chances in the November election. Barack Obama is coming to Raleigh on Monday,…
? N&O blogger Ryan Teague Beckwith rates the gubernatorial candidates on openness to media inquiries. ? Richard Moore discusses the state retirement fund and education issues before a group in…
Fascinating timing on state Rep. William “Pete” Cunningham (D) opting to resign his seat. Cunningham had just injected himself into the Nick Mackey mess with a speech before the county…
I was bogged down with computer troubles the last two days and didn’t get to comment on an Under the Dome item that appeared in Tuesday’s News & Observer. Here…
The topic of politics in the Internet age convinced people to give up much of their Saturday to head to a joint Institute of Political Leadership/John Locke Foundation conference, “Spinning…
Couple weeks ago the political class in North Carolina got a good chuckle out of state Rep. Larry Womble. Turns out the Winston-Salem Democrat went and spent somewhere around $160,000…
Darn tootin’. Jim Puckett has it exactly right. Landing enough signatures to put the transit tax repeal on the ballot has finally made opposition to the Uptown crowd more than…