Category: NC legislature

#ncga: They’re BAAAAAAAACK!

Posted on May 3, 2020May 14, 2020 by Brant Clifton

While we’re sheltering-in-place, the honorables have once again darkened the halls of that big building one Jones Street in Raleigh. The Congress passed a huge-honking spending bill.

North Carolina gets 1st installment of coronavirus $$$ from DC

Posted on April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The state treasurer’s office has confirmed that North Carolina has received $2 billion as part of the federal CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act. The state

ReOpen NC gains a powerful new ally

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Raleigh-based CaptiveAire CEO Bob Luddy is not mincing words in his open letter to Governor Roy Cooper: An urgent appeal to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper:

Raleigh lefties encourage coup at Treasurer’s office

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Isn’t it interesting how the peace, love, and “freedom” crowd is always the first to advocate for the unilateral snatching of rights and making of changes — without

Making election-stealing EASIER

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The public schools crowd is doing their thing to take advantage of the current crisis, and so — it appears — are the Raleigh politicians and elections

School boards, superintendents and “emergency powers”: A BAD idea on sooooooooo many levels

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Statists often brag about not letting a “good” crisis go to waste. Here are some folks in Raleigh trying to take advantage of the current one:

While Tillis panders on “price-gouging,” Locke’s Sanders makes A LOT of sense

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Everybody who has taken an economics class knows that when the supply of something is low, and demand is up, the price generally goes UP. But statists

Outside help coming to protect NC elections, DO Josh Stein’s job FOR HIM

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Brant Clifton

You might remember J. Christian Adams. He is the former US Department of Justice attorney who raised a fuss about the Black Panther voter intimidation efforts in the

Meet the “new” guy at Civitas

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Confirming what I’ve been hearing for months now, the little cartoon character who entertained us for years at NCGOP HQ has made a career move. Yeah.

#ncga: WHAT in tarnation did Kelly Hastings do to his desk?

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Brant Clifton

While so many of us Jones Street watchers are preoccupied with the big health story, I believe there is one hell of a story (with an even better BACK-STORY)