Category: NC State Government

The Castle Doctrine kicks in: common sense finally prevails in Raleigh

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Now that the trial lawyers have lost their stranglehold on Jones Street, crime victims and other law-abiding citizens of North Carolina are getting some

Will indictment of Boss Bev’s bag man bounce back on Senator Hagan?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev’s campaign finance chief was in court yesterday, and WRAL was there: Gov. Beverly Perdue’s former campaign finance chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstruction of justice in connection with

Moore County: schools, commissioners set to spar over spending?

Posted on December 12, 2011December 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

As word gets around about the $2 million surplus from last year’s county budget, county leaders are bracing themselves for the stampede of beggars — with palms extended — headed

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”