#NCGA: Skip Stam endorses toll roads
State House speaker Pro Tem Skip Stam has posted an endorsement of toll roads on his official site — which still IDs him as the “North Carolina House Republican Leader”.
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#NCGA: House GOP’s anti-tax cred up in smoke with e-cigarette vote
There was a time when the GOP was recognized as the group who would cut your taxes, shrink government, and back the bureaucracy off of your case. Well, it’s funny
Continue readingStrach: state elections board gets investigation help. Hartsell probe STILL pending.
It appears the NC State Board of Elections is getting some investigative assistance. It’s a good thing: they’ve got a quarter million pending cases that need to be worked. State
Continue readingMcCrory moving forward on $$$ for jobs even as new study pooh-poohs idea
In Raleigh, the McCrory Department of Commerce is doing quite a bit of cheerleading for special taxpayer-provided incentives to lure business to North Carolina. We’ve registered our concerns previously about
Continue readingIs SOMEONE’S Potomac Fever screwing over NC’s microbrewers?
A Greensboro TV station ran a report about a local restauranteur frustrated about not being able to sell the beer he, himself, brews. State law requires wholesalers to be inserted into
Continue reading#NCGA: Medicaid FOR EVERYBODY !!!
Estimates for Medicaid’s shortfall in North Carolina are as high as $140 million. But that’s not stopping some of the honorables on Jones Street from proposing a dramatic expansion of
Continue reading#NCGA: Bill in House lays groundwork for more P3s and toll roads
Today’s House calendar includes a little nugget introduced by Rep. Frank Iler (R) with the innocuous label of HB 1126: “DOT Partnerships with Private Developers.” Here’s the text: A BILL
Continue reading#NCGA: Agenda 21? Payoff to campaign contributors, lobbyist pals? (You make the call.)
In this case, I hate that I am right. The state Senate Finance Committee is taking up S99 (H440) a/k/a “North Carolina Benefit Corporation Act.” This sucker has been voted
Continue readingNCGA short session: Taking care of (his) business?
Well, the honorables are back at it on Jones Street for the so-called “short session.” So, we thought it would be fun to check out their agenda for this week. House
Continue reading#NCGA: Lights, camera — Cronyism !!!
Um, BOHICA, We’ve got a $445 million revenue shortfall at the state level. The honorables on Jones Street are getting ready to hit us with toll roads on top of
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