Category: NC legislature

Laroque defamation suit gone, his firm ponies up $17K in fines

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based leftist group NC Policywatch is staying on top of the ordeal swirling around state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston and a close political ally of

Sounds like somebody’s getting a little fussy …

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boy, you ought to hear the Raleigh press corps — whining like a bunch of babies. The mean old Republicans in charge of things in

D.C. Dems straddle fence on union vs. non-union labor at Charlotte 2012 convention

Posted on November 5, 2011November 5, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina is one of the least-unionized states in the country. The Democrat Party, which owes the unions BIG TIME, is holding its 2012 national

The Pilot parrots state Dem talking points …

Posted on November 4, 2011November 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It is ASTOUNDING how much the staff editorials in our thrice-weekly Pulitzer Prize-winning local paper mirror the rhetoric on MSNBC and the spin of the state

NC redistricting: Here come the sore losers …

Posted on November 4, 2011November 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If at first you don’t get your way — sue, sue sue. The North Carolina Democrat Party has stepped up to the plate with its

NC redistricting: Good to go!

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The US Department of Justice has put its stamp of approval on new General Assembly and congressional for North Carolina — despite a computer glitch that left a

The 411 on North Carolina’s ‘Golden Leaf’ fund

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

You hear mentions in passing in statewide news stories about something called “The Golden Leaf’ fund. In this video, Jeanette Doran, a staff attorney at the NC Institute

New State law on campaign signs

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In August, the state legislature enacted a law which should have a significant impact on political campaigns and local efforts to police sign ordinances: Towns and municipalities no

NC Teacher Job Loss Misinformation

Posted on October 29, 2011October 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based Civitas Institute has released an interesting study that contradicts the spin from leftists and their media comrades about those mean ol’ Republicans and their state

Creative jurisprudence 101

Posted on October 26, 2011October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The abortion lobby, worried about the effect of a new NC state law on their government cash cow, shopped around and found a federal judge to