#NCSEN: Cost-of-living and the minimum wage
Kay Hagan and her lefty friends have been beating Republican Thom Tillis around the head and shoulders about what — we think — has been one of the smartest, most
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Drive-by columnist: You righties need to lighten up — Just like WE DO!
Another resident of the South McDowell Street low-testosterone zone has raised his head up to lecture the rest of us on ”civility”: […] Before you lick the stamp on your
Continue readingMonkey Business Update: FOREIGN travel by Members of Congress
We got a tidal wave of enthusiastic support of our post on taxpayer-funded travel by US senators. Many readers asked us to look into taxpayer-funded trips OVERSEAS. You ask, we
Continue reading#NCGA: WWThD (What Will Thom Do?)
The North Carolina Senate has voted to send one heck of a hot potato over to the NC House. The economic development package creates a new method for handing out
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Taxpayer-funded travel for US senators & staff
The Washington Examiner — the conservative daily that employees Renee Ellmers’s favorite “liberal reporter” — has put together a very interesting piece about how much we’re shelling out to cover
Continue reading“EAT” your toll road. It’s, um, GOOD for you!
Gov. Pat McCrory trotted out NCDOT secretary Tony Tata to defend the wildly controversial I-77 “HOT lane” tolling project in Mecklenburg County. (McCrory, House speaker Thom Tillis, and speaker pro
Continue reading#NCSEN: Rhodes, Waddell AND Gurney appear to qualify for write-in status on Nov ballot
Democrat Kay Hagan, Republican Thom Tillis, and Libertarian Sean Haugh already have spots on the November ballot for US Senate. It appears that three more people have met or surpassed
Continue readingChatham Democrats: Get THOSE capitalists OUT of government !!!
For a long time, Chatham County has been an overflow containment area for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd. Apparently, they were so satisfied with the job they did in ruining neighboring
Continue reading#NCSEN: PPP says Hagan grows lead, Tillis holds, Haugh slides a little
Leftist pollster Public Policy Polling has released new numbers on the US Senate race here in the Tar Heel State showing Kay Hagan expanding her lead on Republican Thom Tillis
Continue readingThe REAL challenge in the effort to shrink government in North Carolina
WUNC radio put together a rather eye-opening report last week about the importance of teacher pay. The purpose of the article — in the minds of the reporters and their
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