Category: Economy

A mixed review for Tuesday’s legislative session …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the state legislature continued their beatdown of Madame Governor in Tuesday’s business — overriding her vetoes of bills limiting the payment of unemployment benefits and installing

YES, there IS life AFTER government funding …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The recently passed state budget cut out funding for the North Carolina Governor’s School, and The Left quickly pounced on that as another piece of evidence of how conservatives want to hurt

The Left frets over debt ceiling …

Posted on July 26, 2011July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The N&O reported this morning on a “non-partisan” discussion on the federal debt ceiling debate, which was hosted by Democrat U.S. Senator Kay Hagan and held in The People’s Republic

And the beatdown goes on ….

Posted on July 26, 2011July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

(No that’s not me misquoting some famous song lyrics by The Whispers. Or was it Sonny & Cher ?) We’re talking about the action today at the legislative building in

A twisted definition of ‘success’

Posted on July 23, 2011July 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

We in Moore County just received news that only THREE of our 22 county schools achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status under the federal No Child Left Behind Law. …

Look at me! I’m on TV !!!

Posted on July 21, 2011July 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning, Jr. is quite passionate about educating North Carolina’s children. He is so passionate about it that he often tiptoes up to the line,

ANOTHER sensible idea emanating from Raleigh …

Posted on July 16, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

This is getting kinda scary. Some in the GOP legislative majority are proposing merging several small community colleges in order to save the state some money. Florence and Darlington

Another headline that NEEDS to be finished ….

Posted on July 13, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

“Congressional redistricting plan unpopular” screams the headline in today’s edition of The News & Observer. If you read into the story, you see that the following phrase needs to be

Some Thoughtful advice trickling out of Raleigh

Posted on July 12, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation has released a study that details and makes recommendations on the economic and financial conditions of North Carolina’s local governments. This study, available for download

Planned Parenthood ENTITLED to NC tax money?

Posted on July 9, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Planned Parenthood has filed suit over the recently passed state budget because it cut out funding by the state of North Carolina for their operations. Planned Parenthood says in their