Category: NC State Government

The mess that IS Charlotte catches some influential eyes in Europe

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Englishman Tommy Robinson is a guy most MAGA fans would love. He’s a nationalist who has been a leader in the fight to stop the conquest of his home country

The Sandhills Files: Moore Co. school board member sounds off on Innovative High School

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about the costs of this project beginning to sky-rocket even before the first load of dirt is turned. The stories keep changing about the alleged purpose

You KNEW there HAD to be BIG CA$H circulating behind the scenes

Posted on September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The Foreign Doctors Act that whizzed through our bought-and-paid-for General Assembly in late-June, early-July has the state’s voters hopping mad. It clearly establishes special treatment for doctors imported from overseas

Some less-statist, less-destructive ideas about addressing an alleged rural health care crisis

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Here’s some food for thought from 2022. North Carolina Republicans in state government seem to think lowering standards and turning a blind idea to immigration issues is the way to

The SCC Files: Getting REALLY expensive to build this stuff NOBODY asked for

Posted on August 30, 2025August 30, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Folks in and around Moore County have been hearing about this proposed “innovative high school” on the campus of Sandhills Community College. They also heard, I’m sure, about the $25

The SCC Files: Tax lien explained (kinda, but NOT REALLY)

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The financial management side of things at Sandhills Community College has provided us with quite a bit of fodder in recent months. We told you about the disastrous audit produced

General Assembly’s ‘rural health’ bill could actually sink health care AND NCGOP political fortunes

Posted on August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 by Brant Clifton

They claim their masterpiece will “fix” an alleged “doctor shortage” in rural North Carolina by importing a bunch of docs from around the world. The imports won’t necessarily have to

Legislator: WHO, other int’l groups to have bigger say on foreign MDs working in NC

Posted on August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It appears the, um, *honorables* in The General Assembly are increasing the amount of influence foreigners have over your and your loved ones’ health care: Yesterday, we reported that the

Chronic absenteeism no longer an excuse to fail students in North Carolina

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Brant Clifton

*That’s right. It’s all about the “lil’ churren” — and NOT all of that federal largesse dependent on attendance and pass/fail rates. * What kind of insanity is this? Imagine

Once again, Raleigh tries to choose FOR US and – once again – ethics fly out the window.

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Cash is king in Raleigh. You’ll be met with plenty of eye-rolls and cynical snickers if you dare to bring up public service or doing stuff for the common good.