It’s been exactly two weeks since Governor Beverly Perdue delivered her budget to the General Assembly and the Senate is now working on its spending plan, though you’d never know it looking at the legislative calendar. [Continue Reading...]
Kay Hagan seems to be confirming the fears of progressives who doubted her
Quick take: Last Saturday at Elon University, U.S. Senator Kay Hagan launched an ill-conceived and inaccurate attack on President Obama’s proposed budget. Her claim that proposed federal budget deficits might warrant a “no” vote are indicative of an elected leader who has either: a) a distressingly shallow grasp of economic policy, b) little real commitment to progressive policy change, or c) both.
The Wake County School Board is scheduled to vote this week on its request for next year’s budget, prompting more sharp and misleading criticism from opponents of the system’s student assignment policy. [Continue Reading...]
