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Feeling heat, McCrory enviro-appointee responds to lefty bias accusations

Posted on June 26, 2014June 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

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

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campaign 2014, DENR, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Tillis, McCrory: House, Senate not so far apart on budget agreement. (Really? OK, then. Where’s Mr. Berger?)

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

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

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Randy Parton Theatre figure lands state community college board slot

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

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

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campaign 2014, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCGA: Sources say Tillis Senate race likely a factor in House-Senate budget talks

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

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

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCGA: Tillman says Common Core deal VERY CLOSE

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

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

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campaign 2014, Education, Jerry Tillman, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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A NCGA-Gov office “family feud”?

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

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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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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#NCGA: GOP caucus sources say list of serious contenders for next House speaker down to THREE

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had the chance this week to check in with three of my better moles within the House GOP caucus on Jones Street.  (Thanks to the culture of intimidation that

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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I-77 Tholl Road Thom-foolery: *Pay no attention to those leaked state govt documents*

Posted on June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Political elites lusting for the installation of toll roads from Murphy to Manteo are having conniptions over reports that the first battery of tolls could cost commuters as much as $20

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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NCSPIN: Blinkin’ & Bitchin’. (Now THAT is quality television!)

Posted on June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I gave up on NC Spin several months back.  For those of you not familiar with this program, it is WRAL commisar Jim Goodmon’s attempted knockoff of the McLaughlin Group.

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The “art” of manufacturing racism

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

When Barry Obama was elected in 2008, we were told the beginning of the Post-Racial era was here.  But since that time, it seems like race is being thrown in

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