Let’s see. The GOP still controls state government. They still dominate the UNC governing boards. Their appointee, Margaret Spellings, is STILL president. So, what is the deal with creating positions
Continue readingThe passing of former WRAL reporter and current Insider editor Mark Binker was certainly a shock. It’s one thing to tease or challenge or debate someone. It’s all part of
Continue readingAt first glance, the answer would appear to be an emphatic “YES.” To find stuff like this, you have to really dig into the byzantine flings submitted to the Federal
Continue readingSo sayeth the honorables on Jones Street: […] The bill has been championed by Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and Republican lawmakers. It would require the UNC Board of Governors
Continue readingLeftists are all giggly over an Elon poll reportedly demonstrating declining support for Donald Trump in North Carolina. Republicans counter with a Morning Consult poll showing Roy Cooper as merely
Continue readingLast session’s SB554 had all of the elements of pure political sketchiness: subsidies for solar energy, legislation tailored to meet the needs of very specific business interests, and key legislator
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Continue readingIt’s beginning to sound like the thuggery and intimidation tactics in the North Carolina House are reaching depths not seen since the Jim Black-Richard Morgan days of puppies, rainbows and
Continue readingOur junior US senator was Tucker Carlson’s victim Monday night. And the Fox host sat there for most of the segment in utter disbelief — like we often do at
Continue readingIt appears to be from NCGOP chairman candidate Jim Womack to Dallas Woodhouse — the, um, “brains” of the state party — and somebody named Katie at NCGOP HQ.
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