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Inside the money race to replace Phil Berger

New financial reports reveal who has the money and flexibility to compete for Senate leader and protect the Republican supermajority.

Jul 18 • Andrew Dunn

Why Whatley’s campaign shut the door on reporters

On the calculation behind shutting out unfriendly media, and why it can backfire.

Jul 10 • Andrew Dunn

This was a strange bill for Gov. Stein to veto

House Bill 437 may not have been perfect. But it’s not obvious why this was the bill that finally drew a veto.

Jul 9 • Andrew Dunn

6 low-key N.C. budget provisions worth your attention

Teacher raises and tax cuts get the headlines, but the fine print includes items about food stamp errors, vape shops, prediction markets and AI in…

Jun 30 • Andrew Dunn

The right way for N.C. to chase Major League Baseball

The General Assembly should keep Raleigh’s MLB bid alive without rushing into a taxpayer commitment

Jun 30 • Andrew Dunn

N.C. is cutting food stamp errors, but they’re still too high

The state was one of the best in the country in reducing the error rate. Without a lot more improvement, N.C. will have a real budget problem

Jun 25 • Andrew Dunn

Don’t blame Vickie Sawyer for this

The I-77 South fight has made the Senator a target. She’s not the one Charlotte should be mad at.

Jun 24 • Andrew Dunn

This quiet N.C. bill creates an interesting new economic development tool

S695 adds a developer-side incentive to the redevelopment districts North Carolina already allows for blighted and underdeveloped areas.

Jun 19 • Andrew Dunn

The alternate reality of Roy Cooper’s email campaign

I saved a month’s worth of Cooper fundraising emails. They show what elite Democratic digital money buys.

Jun 11 • Andrew Dunn

Iryna’s Law and the familiar N.C. prison-capacity problem

For 50 years, this state has too often asked how many inmates the system can handle before asking what public safety actually requires.

Jun 9 • Andrew Dunn

Dave Boliek's actual 2028 problem

The early voting dust-up will fade. The perception that Boliek is the 'legislature’s guy' is the harder problem.

Jun 6 • Andrew Dunn

The troubling philosophy behind Gov. Stein’s economic plan

Stein’s new economic plan has some useful ideas, but its core assumption is wrong

May 29 • Andrew Dunn

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