Category: NC legislature
NCSU economist: North Carolina faces long road to recovery
NC State University economics professor Dr. Mike Walden painted a bleak picture of the state’s economic future during December 1 testimony before the General Assembly’s Joint Economic Committee. WRAL’s Laura Leslie had the story: State lawmakers looking for ways to…
L’affaire Laroque claims a victim?
It’s official: Rep. Mark Hilton (R-Conover) will not be seeking reelection to the state House. The Hickory Daily Record has the story: State Rep. Mark Hilton, R-96 District, will not seek another term in the legislature. Hilton’s office announced…
Key player in L’affaire LaRoque wavering on re-election bid?
A Republican legislator who got a taxpayer-financed loan from embattled state Rep. Stephen LaRoque is being rather coy about whether he will seek re-election to his seat in the state House. The Hickory Daily Record has the story: Rep. Mark…
Indictment of Boss Bev cronies is like deja vu all over again …
If I talked to you about a governor with cronies laundering money to sidestep campaign finance laws, you’d think I was talking about Mike Easley. We went through a whole soap opera about ol’ Mike, a made-up job for his wife, unauthorized campaign flights,…
NC gas tax cap races through state House (Speed bump awaits in Senate)
The conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly’s lower chamber did its duty and overwhelmingly approved, on Monday, legislation to hold the current state gas tax at 35 cents per gallon and put off a scheduled rate hike from Jan…
Civitas: Pinehurst’s Blake is NC Senate’s top conservative
According to NC Civitas, a Raleigh-based conservative think tank, Senator Harris Blake (R-Pinehurst) is wrapping up this session at the top of the class, with a perfect conservative voting record. Blake topped all 50 Senators with a perfect score of 100, while…
Public defenders stick up for ‘Racial Justice’ …
Just days after North Carolina’s prosecutors formally seek an end to the travesty called ‘The Racial Justice Act’, the state’s public defenders are speaking up. The N&O had the story: Public defenders are appealing to state senators to…
Let the scare tactics begin …
When liberals realize they can’t win a debate on the issues, they almost always turn to the scare tactics. Lyndon Johnson got the ball rolling in 1964 against Barry Goldwater, running ads depicting Barry Goldwater as a madman eager to start…
Put up or shut up time for NCGOP
There are a number of developments brewing in Raleigh that will tell volumes about whether North Carolina made a wise investment in the Republican Party last November: 1) Ethics: There has been a steady drip-drip-drip of information hitting the media…
GOP legislators seek business POV; Dems & Media cry FOUL
Boy, it really turns my world upside down to see something published by The N&O staff complaining about not including both sides of a story. Until recently, I thought “fracking” was only an epithet used by characters on Battlestar Galactica. (Sorry, my geek is showing.) …
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