Category: NC legislature

What does it MEAN to be a Republican?

Posted on September 16, 2026September 16, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Seriously. (And don’t bother pulling out your copy of the GOP platform. I can read as well as you can.) The conventional wisdom is that the GOP is the *conservative*

EMBEZZLEMENT: Greater Carolina bourbon tour probe takes a sharp turn

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I think we’re going to need to pop some extra popcorn. Wake DA Lorrin Freeman and her investigators appear to be entering deeper water as her term in office comes

Governor, your Chapel Hill is showing.

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Many of us love Chapel Hill for the great college basketball and football memories. But beyond that, the town offers us little more than America-cursing dirty hippies and pompous Yankee

Audit: State lottery not meeting $$$ targets for schools (despite sales increases)

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The state lottery got sold to us – at its creation – as The Education Lottery. Advertising still hits us with that spin. Play the lottery and help the rugrats

STATE $$$$ for FED prosecutors ???

Posted on September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I’ve never heard of such a thing. How can the General Assembly possibly have jurisdiction here? Super sleuth Dan Kane is on the case: Since 2023, state lawmakers have been

Geeeeeezzzz. Is this guy STILL here?

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Brant Clifton

It takes a special brand of jackass to give their formal notice at work, and then hang around and antagonize the boss, customers and co-workers throughout the duration of said

Roy Cooper: The next Bill Clinton? (or John Edwards ???)

Posted on September 6, 2026September 7, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The current state of our US Senate race has national figures in both party establishments swooning over Roy Cooper. He’s projecting a “moderate” image, we’re told. He’s a southerner, we’re

Rake in big salaries for You and Your Cronies. Take care of your donors. (Welcome to public service.)

Posted on August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The average income for households in North Carolina is $101,208. The median income for households in North Carolina is $72,388. The average individual salary for workers in North Carolina is

Is public education failing our kids? (A good question for an election year)

Posted on August 22, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Most of us don’t take our responsibilities as voters as seriously as we should. In election years, we focus on whatever Bret Baier tells us is important while ignoring so

Senators make Stein withdraw Black Lives Matter fan’s nomination to lead state public safety agency

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Now, THIS is what I voted for. Republicans in the state senate recently stood up to a Democrat governor they believed had gone too far. Jeff Smythe, former Burlington police