Anti-Folwell bill passes House Health Committee by voice vote, Moves ON.
We’ve seen it time and again: SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY TALKS. The solar goons have worked their black magic by raining cash down on Jones Street. And now the
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Cost to taxpayers of blocking Folwell’s transparency efforts with state health plan? $400-600 MILLION.
That’s the word of warning being issued by state treasurer Dale Folwell to loaded-down-with-lobbyist-cash legislators seeking to advance legislation tomorrow thwarting some cost-saving measures championed by Folwell: The Fiscal
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#ncga: Anti- Folwell lynch mob tried to hide the facts. (We found them.)
State Rep. Josh Dobson tried — tried — tried to keep this quiet until the committee hearing tomorrow. (He REALLY tried.) Soooooooooooo — Doing NOTHING, like the bought-and-paid for
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#ncga: Just say HELL NO to a voice vote
In tomorrow’s attempted ‘hit’ on treasurer Dale Folwell, many of the gutless denizens of Jones Street will demonstrate their love for the special interest dollar and hatred of the
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#ncga: Bill tying Dale Folwell’s hands on state health plan slated for committee action Tuesday
State treasurer Dale Folwell simply wants to introduce a little transparency into the relationship between health care providers and the state health plan: share some specifics about what you’re
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BUSTED! Currituck pol gets tangled up with solar goons, earns censure, rebuke from colleagues
It’s mighty, mighty delicious when a politician gets caught with his / her hand in the cookie jar. It apparently happened THIS TIME in Currituck County — in the
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#ncpol: The party of Medicaid Expansion ????
Yep. The crew that convinced all those elected Republicans in Raleigh to become WHORES for subsidized solar shysters is now working to convince the NCGOP to include Medicaid expansion
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NC-03: All 3 legislators in GOP race basically neck-and-neck in Civitas rankings
Usually, the epithet “liberal” gets reserved for general election contests. But it is already getting tossed around quite, um, “liberally” in the Third Congressional District GOP primary. SO, we
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Moore County commissioners lash out at county’s state legislators
It’s been rare to see something like this in collegial, get-along Republican Moore County. But here it is, in a prepared statement from Moore County government: Senator Tom McInnis
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NC-03: The doctor fights back
Politics IS a full-contact sport. (As if you didn’t already know this.) Far too often, I see really good people play way too nice and get their reputations destroyed.
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