A primary opponent for Richard Hudson?
We reported earlier on an effort in Rowan County to censure congressman Richard Hudson. Now, it appears that county will be producing a primary challenger to Hudson in 2016. Rowan
Continue reading#ncga: A GOP surrender on taxes?
An awful lot of the Republican Party’s electoral gains statewide and nationally over the last 35 years can be attributed to the party’s championing of the idea of allowing people
Continue readingRowan GOP clamping down on internal effort to censure Richard Hudson?
Judging from an account shared on social media by some of our sources in the Eighth congressional district, there are some Republicans who are not happy campers when it comes
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 readingFarewell to a giant
It hit like a ton of bricks when I got the news alert on my phone this morning regarding the passing of Coach Dean Smith. I had been following his
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 readingTN says Noooooooo to expanding Medicaid. (Gov. Pat, take note.)
Tennessee’s moderate Republican governor has been talking up the idea of expanding Medicaid — which is basically the implementation of ObamaCare. He traveled to DC to talk up the strategy with feds.
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 readingBackdoor moves to swell the ranks of the dependent, implement ObamaCare in North Carolina?
In 2013, the General Assembly swatted down federal money to help implement ObamaCare in North Carolina. That may have appeared to be a setback for the statism crowd, but recent
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