The long con to eventually debut new casinos in North Carolina
It’s a bit amusing to watch the – um – *honorables* on Raleigh’s Jones Street beat their chests and compete with each other on who is the biggest and truest
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Category: NC State Government
Charlotte politico indicted for Covid $$$ fraud. (Tip of the iceberg in NC?)
The US attorney for NC’s Western district has bagged a nice-sized target: A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging Tiawana Brown, 53, and her daughters,
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The Sandhills Files: Financial reporting errors worth HOW MUCH ???
It seems like our local institution of higher learning here in Moore County has some ‘splainin’ to do. State auditor Dave Boliek’s crew reviewed Sandhills Community College’s financial statements for
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Dismissal of lawsuit against Team Berger by judge tied to Berger + Moore appealed. (Uncle Phil is NOT pleased.)
Don’t pop those champagne corks over in the corner office juuquuuuust yet. The Rockingham County candidate who filed suit against a whole host of key players in Phil Berger’s political
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“Republican ” state treasurer leads coup against transparency for state health plan. (Uncle Phil is pleased.)
Dale Folwell served the people of North Carolina well during his time in Raleigh. Whether it was in the General Assembly, at the Employment Security Commission, or at the state
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Ed Martin Thells on Thom
You may remember Ed Martin as Donald Trump‘s choice for US attorney for The District of Columbia. Senator Thom Tillis gained some national notoriety for single-handedly derailing Martin’s confirmation into
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One of Timmy’s *special judges* tosses out suit against Team Berger. (Uncle Phil is pleased.)
It’s *good* to own state government. We have these special animals in North Carolina politics. They’re called “special superior court judges”. From what I can tell, they’re meant to
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WAIVERS: DEI, gone ? No, Brenden. It isn’t gone (and likely isn’t going anywhere)
The state House majority leader just got done telling us DEI is GONE, GONE, GONE from all state-funded stuff in North Carolina. Now, we’re hearing about these mystical, magical things
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DEI “officially done in North Carolina”? (Better look again.)
DEI is D-O-N-E, folks. That’s what state Rep. Brenden Jones tells us. Somebody better check in with the diminutive president of Sandhills Community College, Dr. Sandy Stewart, about that. He
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In wake of financial scandals, NC’s former Second Lady starts an accounting firm.
The ascent of Mark Robinson and Yolanda Hill through North Carolina’s GOP ranks ended almost as rapidly as it began. The descent was most prominently marked with talk of Internet
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