#NCGA: WWThD (What Will Thom Do?)
The North Carolina Senate has voted to send one heck of a hot potato over to the NC House. The economic development package creates a new method for handing out
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Monkey Business Report: Taxpayer-funded travel for US senators & staff
The Washington Examiner — the conservative daily that employees Renee Ellmers’s favorite “liberal reporter” — has put together a very interesting piece about how much we’re shelling out to cover
Continue reading“EAT” your toll road. It’s, um, GOOD for you!
Gov. Pat McCrory trotted out NCDOT secretary Tony Tata to defend the wildly controversial I-77 “HOT lane” tolling project in Mecklenburg County. (McCrory, House speaker Thom Tillis, and speaker pro
Continue reading#NCSEN: Rhodes, Waddell AND Gurney appear to qualify for write-in status on Nov ballot
Democrat Kay Hagan, Republican Thom Tillis, and Libertarian Sean Haugh already have spots on the November ballot for US Senate. It appears that three more people have met or surpassed
Continue readingChatham Democrats: Get THOSE capitalists OUT of government !!!
For a long time, Chatham County has been an overflow containment area for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd. Apparently, they were so satisfied with the job they did in ruining neighboring
Continue readingBrunswick County leaders say NO to Barry Obama’s amnesty games
We’ve got a full-blown crisis at the Mexican border. People are pouring into our country from the south — bringing poverty, sickness and God knows what else with them. Barry
Continue reading#NCSEN: PPP says Hagan grows lead, Tillis holds, Haugh slides a little
Leftist pollster Public Policy Polling has released new numbers on the US Senate race here in the Tar Heel State showing Kay Hagan expanding her lead on Republican Thom Tillis
Continue readingThe REAL challenge in the effort to shrink government in North Carolina
WUNC radio put together a rather eye-opening report last week about the importance of teacher pay. The purpose of the article — in the minds of the reporters and their
Continue readingMonkey Business Alert: The Corporation for Travel Promotion
Our Monkey Business correspondents have got their eyes on our elected officials in Washington, as well. A doozy of a bill is coming up by the end of the week
Continue readingNC-06: Fjeld goes negative on Walker. (Hey, why not? It worked *SO WELL* for Berger, Jr.)
People around this congressional district are breathing a sigh of relief that the vicious GOP runoff election is over. But Democrat nominee Laura Fjeld is trying to keep the memory
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