Category: NC State Government

Just GIVE the lady what she wants.

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Sloan Rachmuth has to be smiling as the current legislative session nears an end. She and her organization, Education First Alliance, are batting 1000 on Jones Street. And just think

Robinson Family Matters: STILL stonewalling

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’ve reported in-depth on some serious problems with the financial reporting on Mark Robinson and Yolanda Hill-Robinson’s family business, Balanced Nutrition. It’s only fair that a man who so badly

A really bad trade in the works

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s no secret in state politics that congressman Dan Bishop is seriously looking at giving up his safe seat in DC for the attorney general’s office in Raleigh. In DC,

Oh, yeah. Here are the ECU e-mails.

Posted on June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Remember all those folks who loudly poo-pooed the idea that tranny-grooming of minors was going on at East Carolina and other state supported schools? Well, Education First Alliance of North

$50K in pay raises over FIVE YEARS for Timmy’s gal pal

Posted on June 22, 2023June 22, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Working in state government appears to have been very very very good for Jamie Liles Lassiter, the Wake County woman at the center of North Carolina’s hottest political scandal. Our

With Timmy and ‘Big Mark’ under fire, Boss Phil flexing his muscle on Jones Street

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some legislators are complaining that life on Jones Street is making them feel like debtors late on payments to a loan shark. I’m hearing reports that senate president Phil Berger

Robinson Family Matters: Yikes! An audit!

Posted on June 21, 2023June 22, 2023 by Brant Clifton

In this latest installment of our look at the government contracting firm operated by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife Yolanda Hill, we have our grubby hands on an independent auditor’s

Robinson Family Matters: “Mom, is that YOU?”

Posted on June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’ve previously reported on some, um, “concerns” about Greensboro-based Balanced Nutrition, the government contracting business being run by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife Yolanda Hill. Our latest report found that

Robinson Family Matters: False Statements to the IRS?

Posted on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

(The Internal Revenue Service ranks right up there with mom and dad and GOD on the list of people you don’t intentionally mislead.) Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is seeking to

Shumaker: STILL not so hot on Mark Robinson

Posted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

A prominent North Carolina political consultant with close ties to Thom Tillis and the rest of the GOP establishment does not seem to be impressed with the man many have