#ncga: An E-verify showdown in the House?
In 2013, then-speaker Thom Tillis led an effort to ram through legislation that watered down immigration status verification requirements for farm workers — clearly a sop to the Farm Bureau
Continue readingIn 2013, then-speaker Thom Tillis led an effort to ram through legislation that watered down immigration status verification requirements for farm workers — clearly a sop to the Farm Bureau
Continue readingThere is an interesting pattern developing among the honorables on Jones Street. All of a sudden here, we have various honorables introducing legislation trying to exempt their local sheriff from
Continue readingI think they’re hearing us on Jones Street. We — and many other grassroots entities — have been howlin’ mad about Gov. Pat’s $40 million+ corporate welfare giveaway. The House
Continue readingI believe I will get a lot of use out of the #SMH hashtag during this session of The General Assembly. Spring is just about here, and the honorables on
Continue readingAs a rookie state legislator, now-US Senator Thom Tillis pushed through some draconian alternative energy mandates that required utility providers to buy a certain amount of expensive, taxpayer-subsidized alternative energy
Continue readingWe’ve all seen those weepy commercials about “food deserts” — geographic areas where folks apparently can’t get access to the kind of stuff you find in Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods,
Continue readingIt gets downplayed in the drive by media, but the public school are required to report annually to the legislature on the crime situation within the state’s public schools each
Continue readingFor years, the news has been peppered with stories about politicians setting up study panels and commissions to deal with a certain issue. A lot of hearings and press conferences
Continue readingWe all remember the hubbub over the chief of staff (and roommate) to then-speaker Thom Tillis getting caught in a tryst with a Jones Street lobbyist. Then, late last year,
Continue reading“It’s about to get all stupid up in here!” — Michael Scott, Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company Just when you thought things couldn’t get any dumber than having that dude dress
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