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Rowan GOP clamping down on internal effort to censure Richard Hudson?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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

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Congress, Richard Hudson
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#ncga: Veteran Dem campaign flack running House GOP campaign?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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ECU’s med school $$$ woes? (Sad, but problem is BIGGER than another govt bailout can fix.)

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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

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Education, NC legislature, NC State Government
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Farewell to a giant

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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

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Chickens coming home to roost for SEANC’s Cope?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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

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Media, NC State Government, Politics
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TN says Noooooooo to expanding Medicaid. (Gov. Pat, take note.)

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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.

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, ObamaCare, Pat McCrory
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Monkey Business Report: Welcome to Madison County!

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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

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Law & Order, Media
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Backdoor moves to swell the ranks of the dependent, implement ObamaCare in North Carolina?

Posted on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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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Congress, Economy, Media, NC legislature, ObamaCare
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The U.S.’s coming demographic suicide?

Posted on February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s the thesis of an eye-opening essay on The Federalist web site:  President Obama’s most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that while Republicans need his

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Congress, Economy
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Alamance legislators seek no-bid, no rules food deal for county jail

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It certainly looks innocent enough when you read it:  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD

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Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP
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