#NCGOP: Convention pre-game show
State Republicans are headed off to the furthest western regions of our state this weekend to hold their convention and plot a course for the next year. Observers are worried
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#NCSEN: On the road with Thom & Kay, Harry Reid & those dadgum Koch Brothers
GOP US Senate nominee Thom Tillis is in our neck of the woods early next week for a fundraiser at Pinehurst’s National Golf Club. The visit hits right in the
Continue reading#NCGA: Bill reversing 2013 E-verify water-down intro’ed in House
Governor Pat McCrory knocked heads with the General Assembly — and lost — on the issue of waiving the use of E-verify to do residency checks on temporary workers across
Continue readingNCGOP exec dragged into Guilford GOP $$$$ brouhaha
GOPers in the Greensboro-High Point area are still a little sore about the fallout from a March dinner honoring retiring congressman Howard Coble. It appears that an official with
Continue readingBurr-McCain-Flake-Coburn VA bill a good first step, but needs to go FURTHER
Reports are out that our senior US senator has joined fellow Republicans McCain of Arizona, Flake of Arizona, and Coburn of Oklahoma in sponsoring a bill to make significant changes
Continue readingBOHICA Alert: Jacking up our electric bills to save us from the ‘horror’ of carbon dioxide
You expel CO² every time you exhale. It’s found in your sodas and beer. It’s found in baking soda. The word is that that about the only risks related to
Continue reading#NCSEN: ”Did I say ‘unelectable’? I meant UN-Baptist.”
I wanted to be wrong about Mark Harris. My first thought — when the Charlotte pastor filed for US Senate — was that he was a plant, a stalking horse,
Continue readingAre Bill Barber & The NCDP writing N&O headlines, now?
Hmmm. Misleading information in the N&O. I know, I know. What else is new? But today’s edition really takes the cake. The headline on the lead story this morning on
Continue readingEven politicians get shaken down
Ever wonder why so few elected officials question the actions of their party leaders or the actions of their respective chambers? Ever wonder why politicians spend SO MUCH time fundraising?
Continue reading#NCGA: Even MORE surrender on taxes?
This week the Republican majority on Jones Street slapped an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. (That’s ON TOP of the sales tax already collected.) In the Senate, the
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