New #NCSEN poll: Hagan STILL leading Tillis
A week back, leftist pollster PPP came out with a poll showing the state of the race as: Hagan 39, Tillis 34, Haugh 11. Of course, folks noted PPP’s ideological
Continue readingNCGOV 2016 Polls: McCrory, Cooper in dead heat
We’ve been hearing quite a bit of behind-the-scenes grumbling from GOP insiders and activists on both sides of the Raleigh beltline. A new poll from The Civitas Institute may be
Continue readingIN or OUT? : The curious case of Lyons Gray
We posted previously about state revenue secretary Lyons Gray serving on the national board of an environmental group currently suing the state of North Carolina. It’s a wee bit awkward,
Continue readingNCGOP waters down 2014 platform
In this case, we hate being right. Some time back, we posted about efforts in the NCGOP platform drafting commitee to remove a lot of the issues important to Tea
Continue readingFeeling heat, McCrory enviro-appointee responds to lefty bias accusations
We posted earlier about the apparent efforts of a McCrory appointee to prevent the seating of three global-warming skeptics on a key NC DENR panel studying the issue of sea
Continue readingTillis, McCrory: House, Senate not so far apart on budget agreement. (Really? OK, then. Where’s Mr. Berger?)
House Speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory had a big media event yesterday. They were touting the idea of separating education from the rest of the budget and passing
Continue readingRandy Parton Theatre figure lands state community college board slot
Ernie Pearson has been a player around Raleigh for some time. He was a big shot in Governor Jim Martin’s Commerce Department. He was a founder of The Sanford Holshouser Business
Continue reading#NCGA: Sources say Tillis Senate race likely a factor in House-Senate budget talks
A well-placed Jones Street source — who has a vote on the floor of his chamber — tells us that Phil Berger and his team may have the upper hand
Continue reading#NCGA: Tillman says Common Core deal VERY CLOSE
State senator Jerry Tillman, the majority whip and NCGA Republicans’ leading voice on education issues, says he is confident the House and Senate will have their differences ironed out within
Continue readingA NCGA-Gov office “family feud”?
The drive-by media and the Moral Monday bunch are working overtime to try and tell us how Gov. McCrory and his fellow Republicans in the General Assembly are working hand-in-glove
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