#ncga: Gas tax hike for US. Tax breaks for airlines & data centers.
Legislators are spinning us that a lot of road work needs to be done statewide, but there just isn’t enough money out there to do it. So, they are selling
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#ncga: Crowd-funding, an interesting option in economic development debate
Politicians these days are all crowing about being “job creators.” Gov. Pat McCrory has emptied out the corporate welfare accounts at the Department of Commerce, and he’s coming to us
Continue reading#ncga: The era of ‘tax-and-spend’ Republicans
I took a look at that bill –portrayed in the media as a gas tax cut — that is really a gas tax hike. It lumps all kinds of changes
Continue reading#ncga: Things looking rather dicey in House for NC Chamber’s gas tax hike
Our sources in the lower chamber on Jones Street tell us that the vote on the gas tax hike / ”revenue stabilization” nonsense that passed the GOP-dominated Senate with flying
Continue reading#ncga: No money for roads. PLENTY of money for leadership staff salaries.
The “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is telling us the state is so cash-poor that it can’t afford some vital road repairs and construction. Yet, the folks at the AP are
Continue reading#ncga: Veteran Dem campaign flack running House GOP campaign?
It does make you wonder what’s going on in the lower chamber on Jones Street. In 2013, then-speaker Thom Tillis and his team set up a non-profit called North Carolina
Continue readingECU’s med school $$$ woes? (Sad, but problem is BIGGER than another govt bailout can fix.)
The drive-bys are telling us that the medical school at East Carolina is in deep trouble: The chancellor of East Carolina University says the medical school in Greenville could close
Continue readingChickens coming home to roost for SEANC’s Cope?
Dana Cope has stepped on some powerful toes during his tenure as head of the state employees union here in North Carolina. Most of them have been on the starboard
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Welcome to Madison County!
The politicians in Madison County are showing that they can hold their own with their neighbors in Haywood County. We’ve received word of some antics during a recent meeting of the
Continue readingAlamance legislators seek no-bid, no rules food deal for county jail
It certainly looks innocent enough when you read it: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD
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