Category: NC legislature

#ncga: Just say HELL NO to a voice vote

Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

#ncga: Bill tying Dale Folwell’s hands on state health plan slated for committee action Tuesday

Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

BUSTED! Currituck pol gets tangled up with solar goons, earns censure, rebuke from colleagues

Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

#ncpol: The party of Medicaid Expansion ????

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

NC-03: All 3 legislators in GOP race basically neck-and-neck in Civitas rankings

Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

Moore County commissioners lash out at county’s state legislators

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

NC-03: The doctor fights back

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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.

#ncga: House’s anti-Folwell bill sitting in Murphy’s Health committee

Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Remember how we told you about the hospital lobby drafting a bill clipping treasurer Dale Folwell’s wings and passing out a lot of cash to get the House to

#ncga: House bill seeks in-state tuition for illegal aliens

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Check out HB 319 filed on Thursday. Sure, its sponsors are a bunch of Democrats. Sure, it’s filed in a Republican-controlled chamber. But with a smaller majority, and a

Convention News ! Get your hot-and-fresh convention news!

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Brant Clifton

There were a lot of county GOP conventions today. In the 3rd and 9th congressional districts, there were a higher number of candidates in attendance than at other county