#ncga: Some common sense on the gas tax, NC Competes
House speaker Tim Moore and the rest of the GOP leadership in Raleigh are crowing about how much better off we’ll be now that they’ve approved an increase in the
Continue readingHouse speaker Tim Moore and the rest of the GOP leadership in Raleigh are crowing about how much better off we’ll be now that they’ve approved an increase in the
Continue readingIn Washington, House speaker John Boehner has shown he has no issue with pushing legislation that flies in the face of the GOP platform and needs Democrat votes in order
Continue readingAre Republican power-brokers in the state trying to manipulate party organizations at the local level? It’s starting to look that way. We reported on US Rep. Renee Ellmers issuing an
Continue readingOur cadre of spies on Jones Street has struck pay-dirt once again. We have in our clutches a March 6 email authored by Mollie Young, House Speaker Tim Moore’s director of communications. The
Continue readingWell, they approved $45 million in corporate welfare after turning down TWENTY MILLION for being too much last session. Movie incentives also got shot down. So far, this year it
Continue readingWe all remember the famous cartoons from our childhood. Lucy was always faking sincerity — promising to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick. Every time she would convince
Continue readingFrom what Jones Street insiders are telling me, Cumberland County Rep. Rick Glazier (D) is the closest thing to a leader in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. And HE is
Continue readingSenator Bill Rabon is quite the trailblazer. We reported earlier on his efforts to get the town employees of Southport — his hometown — onto the state employees’ health plan.
Continue readingWhat is it with cutting special insider deals on feeding jail inmates? We reported earlier on an effort in the House to seek a no-bid deal for food service to
Continue readingTea Party and anti-Common Core activists are up in arms over the proposed Student Success Act (HR 5) under consideration in the Congress. The legislation basically extends the life of
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