WHAT or WHO is “JK Slime” ?
It’s a historic time in the worlds of North Carolina politics and business. Balanced Nutrition, the controversy-laden business run by Yolanda Hill, wife of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, was slated
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Category: NC State Government
DPI’s lame-duck Team Truitt settles with fired CRT / DEI critic
Back in 2022, David Phillips had been an accomplished instructor at The North Carolina Governor’s School – which falls under the domain of The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
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Folwell: Fed court’s ruling puts viability and longevity of state health plan at risk
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that the NC State Health Plan violates customers’ rights under the “equal protection clause” of The US Constitution by
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Robinson family biz on state’s DO-NOT-PAY list since 2021. (Why are they still getting paid?)
That’s an interesting question. Let’s dig in: Okay. So, if you browse to the Office of State Budget and Management’s online Suspension of Funding List (SOFL), you’ll find THIS among
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NC legislators. Lobbyists. The Virginia mountains. Serious injuries. (And some serious questions. )
At first, I didn’t hold out much hope for The Assembly website. It was billed as a North Carolina politics website run by folks who used to cover the subject
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Yolanda vs. NC DHHS: Butting heads over fiscal review of Robinson family biz
A fiscal review of Greensboro-based Balanced Nutrition, the Robinson family business, had been scheduled for the duration of this week. The firm, a contractor for state government which manages millions
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Surprise! UNC board of governors smacks down DEI.
Boy, this issue has really found its legs quickly. At the beginning of April, we heard from UNC-CH trustee Jim Blaine – a close associate of state senate president pro
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Yolanda: NC DHHS probe of Robinson family business part ‘of some type of vendetta’
Balanced Nutrition had been scheduled for a full-blown compliance review that was to begin this Monday and finish Friday. If you haven’t been following this saga, Balanced Nutrition has been
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Public education establishment won’t FIX DEI. Our elected reps must get the job done.
We’ve been hearing some tough talk about DEI and what certain powerful folks would like to see done about it. UNC-CH trustee Jim Blaine – a close associate of senate
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(Et tu, Timmy?) Will the tubby little one screw us ONE MORE time on his way out the door?
It seems like just yesterday that we were big-time spun about a possible wipeout of DEI in the UNC system. The spinner, UNC-CH trustee Jim Blaine, led us to believe
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