#ncga: Who wins with film incentives? Movie producers.
That’s the thesis of a piece in The Washington Examiner today: The Oscars are on Sunday, and all eight films nominated for best picture were produced in states or countries
Continue reading#ncga: Bill puts legislator’s hometown’s employees into state health plan
Senator Bill Rabon (R) — who, by the way, thinks we need to pay more gas tax — has filed a bill seeking to put employees of The Town of
Continue reading#ncga: No ID? Give them an absentee ballot and move on.
A group of Democrat senators has introduced a bill calling for JUST that. Given that the GOP runs the upper chamber, I would lean toward thinking that this bill has
Continue readingCharlotte aims for rock bottom.
Just when I thought I had seen and heard it all. I never imagined a day would come when our elected officials would be seriously considering legislation allowing one to
Continue reading#ncga: Common Core, coal ash commissions (and their price tags)
I’ve never been a big fan of study commissions organized by politicians. They are almost always easy ways out for politicians looking to avoid having to take a tough stand
Continue readingOccupy crowd has a friend in a high place at NC DEM HQ
When you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will
Continue reading#ncga: Instead of tax hikes & corporate welfare, why not tax reform?
Proponents of state ”economic incentives” and the so-called “gas tax cut” claim that we need to enact all of this in order to stay competitive with our neighbors. The really
Continue readingRenee Ellmers & the 2012, 2013 AND 2015 late-term abortion bans
US Rep. Renee Ellmers recently made a mess for herself on an issue that should have been a slam-dunk for her. Ellmers has regularly been endorsed by pro-life activists. Yet,
Continue reading#ncga: Pay raises for Speaker Moore’s staff. A gas tax hike for US.
The drive-bys gave us a peek at the salaries of all of new House speaker Tim Moore’s staff. Most staffers got raises in the ballpark of twenty percent. One
Continue reading#ncga: Gas tax hike for US. Tax breaks for airlines & data centers.
Legislators are spinning us that a lot of road work needs to be done statewide, but there just isn’t enough money out there to do it. So, they are selling
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