The Daily Haymaker

Michele Morrow: Thinking (and looking) outside-the-box on public education

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Department of Public Instruction superintendent candidate Michele Morrow (R) has had her children in public, private, and homeschooling education environments. She says she’s seen a lot of good in all

Lil’ Josh toots his horn: Finally “fixed” Roy Cooper’s crime lab mess.

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Brant Clifton

One of the main things Team Stein is touting in the governor’s race these days is the clearance of the testing backlog of rape kits in the state crime lab.

Fed spending for FY 2024 largest ever (outside a major crisis)

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s the word from a Congressional Budget Office analysis. ( “Major crises” can include events like wars, The Great Depression, and the COVID pandemic.) Just like in Raleigh, good ol’

Ask Yolanda

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Brant Clifton

As you can see, Mark Robinson‘s campaign has decided to dispatch first-lady-in-waiting Yolanda Hill out among the electorate. Here’s how the campaign describes the purpose of these Yolanda-centric house

WHY is the NC School Board Association seeking to decrease transparency on school employee misconduct?

Posted on June 22, 2024June 22, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based North Carolina School Board Association has an amazing amount of influence over our local public school systems. I’ve watched our local school board’s meetings. It seems like every

Juneteenth: Exactly WHAT are “we fight[ing] back” against?

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Juneteenth has been sold to us as an American-as-apple-pie holiday commemorating the date the last black Americans learned slavery had been abolished in the United States. Okay. On Wednesday, the

Breaking up is HARD to do.

Posted on June 21, 2024June 22, 2024 by Brant Clifton

If you’ve followed Mark Robinson and Yolanda Hill for as long as we have, you’ve learned that there are a number of things that are hard for them: following the

The hottest read this side of Reidsville

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. We’re talking about the legal complaint filed by attorneys representing former Rockingham County commissioner Craig Travis which names, as defendants, Kevin “Son of Phil” Berger and a number

NC’s Grand Ol’ Party (of subsidized daycare)

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

As we’re seeing in DC, Republicans around here are tossing out that bothersome plank from the party platform about fiscal restraint / conservatism. Government is not a for-profit business. (Granted,

Casinos. Campaign cash. Defamation and Team Berger. (Oh, my.)