Category: NC legislature

Causey: “The gloves are off.”

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Brant Clifton

“I’ve worked well with these guys – at least – since 2017. And now the gloves are off.” That’s NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey on the current state of his

Blue Cross NC calling in its chits on Jones Street

Posted on April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

If I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: We have the BEST legislature money can buy. Despite what you’re told on the campaign trail, nothing is really done

NC House bill re-classifies drag queen shows as ‘adult live entertainment’

Posted on April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some of our legislators in Raleigh have come up with a creative way to deal with ‘Drag Queen Storytime’ and other similar events targeting kids: That’s right. Drag Queen performances

Buying votes with our cash?

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

A bill has been introduced in the North Carolina House that creates new positions in the Department of Labor and institutes pay raises for employees of that agency. Sooo —

House bills send a MSG: NO ESG

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Environmental, Social, and Governance. ESG is a relatively new policy being adopted all over the world. It examines a company or individual’s commitment to leftist views on the environment, “social

Jon Hardister, The Pander Bear.

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Maybe the House majority whip has stumbled across something revolutionary: bending over backwards to pander to black voters in the, um, Republican primary. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford) has taken the lead

Woke Wal-Mart wants your kids. (And you WILL comply.)

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Wal-Mart started off as something special, something all-American. It claimed to stock ONLY American-made products and exuded American pride at every turn. (I even remember meeting Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton

Speling wear yoo werk iz fundumentle.

Posted on April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s too funny that this came to my attention just after writing about know-nothing Moore County public school bureaucrats poo-pooing the idea of reading books and writing reports. That’s

One wreck audits another.

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

State auditor Beth Wood appears on her way to getting away with unsuccessfully trying to jump a parked car with a state car — all while departing an after-hours ‘holiday’

#ncga: “It depends on what your definition of ‘PRESENT’ is.”

Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The county that gave us Fletcher Hartsell and Robin Hayes is attempting to make one more, um, *significant* contribution to our state’s political heritage. Some folks in Cabarrus County are