Category: NC State Government

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

Tillis: Laroque mess headed to ethics committee

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina state House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius) says allegations swirling around taxpayer-subsidized loans by state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) to himself (Laroque), family members and legislative

Finally! Jimmy Carter is making sense.

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Until now, Jimmy Carter has been widely regarded as the worst president EVER to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania. (BarryO, the Carter family can’t thank you enough for taking this monkey

NC prosecutors seek an end to ‘Racial Justice Act’

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s elected prosecutors are seeking the legislature’s assistance in overturning one of the worst travesties to ever pass through Jones Street: The Legislature should act

Laroque defamation suit gone, his firm ponies up $17K in fines

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based leftist group NC Policywatch is staying on top of the ordeal swirling around state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston and a close political ally of

Sounds like somebody’s getting a little fussy …

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boy, you ought to hear the Raleigh press corps — whining like a bunch of babies. The mean old Republicans in charge of things in

Politico paints a bullseye on Boss Bev

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Politico, the DC-based political web site, says the 2012 race for governor is the SECOND most competitive in the nation: Two public polls found Republican

The Pilot parrots state Dem talking points …

Posted on November 4, 2011November 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It is ASTOUNDING how much the staff editorials in our thrice-weekly Pulitzer Prize-winning local paper mirror the rhetoric on MSNBC and the spin of the state

Is Boss Bev BACK HOME?

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The last we heard from The N&O — an annex of the governor’s communications office — Boss Bev was doing her best Marco Polo, traversing the Orient on the taxpayers’