Plant a trillion trees. U.S. House Republicans offered that idea last week as their plan for addressing the global climate emergency. And it’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry in response…
Sadly, North Carolinians have born witness to a similarly superficial, inadequate and distracting initiative of late in a very different part of the public policy landscape.
As numerous news outlets have reported, state legislative leaders are advancing a new scheme for addressing the economic struggles of some rural communities – most of which, of course, lean right and Republican: casino gambling.
House Speaker Tim Moore told WRAL that three economically disadvantaged counties — Rockingham (home of Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger), Anson and Nash – are the ones targeted in the scheme.
