Category: NC State Government

NCSU economist: North Carolina faces long road to recovery

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

NC State University economics professor Dr. Mike Walden painted a bleak picture of the state’s economic future during December 1 testimony before the General Assembly’s

Surprise! State BOE opens probe of 2008 Dem complaint against McCrory

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Brant Clifton

News hit this week about campaign operatives for Boss Bev 2012 being indicted on campaign finance law violations. At the end of the week, we

Et tu, Faison?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev needs to read up on Julius Caesar. Her current predicament is eerily similar to the one faced by the legendary Roman emperor during his final days in

Indictment of Boss Bev cronies is like deja vu all over again …

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If I talked to you about a governor with cronies laundering money to sidestep campaign finance laws, you’d think I was talking about Mike Easley. We went through a

NC gas tax cap races through state House (Speed bump awaits in Senate)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly’s lower chamber did its duty and overwhelmingly approved, on Monday, legislation to hold the current state gas

Public defenders stick up for ‘Racial Justice’ …

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Just days after North Carolina’s prosecutors formally seek an end to the travesty called ‘The Racial Justice Act’, the state’s public defenders are speaking

GOP legislators seek business POV; Dems & Media cry FOUL

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boy, it really turns my world upside down to see something published by The N&O staff complaining about not including both sides of a story. Until recently, I thought “fracking”

Surprise! Media, Dems demagogued NC state budget cuts.

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev, legislative Dems, and their hench-persons in North Carolina’s alleged mainstream media (MSM) tried to tell us THE SKY WOULD FALL if budget cuts pushed

A surprisingly thoughtful piece by an N&O reporter …

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The debate over abortion frequently gets clouded by PR spin and code-words like “choice,” as well as sign-wielding activists screaming at each other. Earlier this year,

A vacancy at DPI?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It is looking like there may be an open seat on North Carolina’s Council of State in 2012. Rumors are swirling about a possible retirement by incumbent N.C. Department