Good riddance to straight-ticket voting
The NC General Assembly is moving to accomplish something long overdue — killing off straight-ticket voting. North Carolina has been ONE of only 15 states to allow straight-ticket voting.
Continue readingThe NC General Assembly is moving to accomplish something long overdue — killing off straight-ticket voting. North Carolina has been ONE of only 15 states to allow straight-ticket voting.
Continue readingFrom 1972 to 2002, North Carolina was represented in the US Senate by one of the nation’s most preeminent conservatives. Since 2004, we’ve been stuck with Richard Burr — a
Continue readingShe slipped into office in 2010 with enthusiastic Tea Party support — vanquishing Bob ” The Sidewalk Assassin” Etheridge. Lefties beat her up as a stalking horse for “tea-baggers.” But
Continue readingWe reported earlier on an uproar in Davidson County about filling a vacant state House seat. State Rep. Jerry Dockham (R), the area’s legislator since the 90s, resigned to
Continue readingThe conservative revolution rolls on in The City of Oaks. The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by
Continue readingRob “Mr. Politics” Christensen — who has spent THREE decades at The N&O missing stuff like John Edwards’s blonde with the camera, Mike Easley’s corruption, and Dennis
Continue readingWe heard a lot about major tax reform during the 2012 elections. Steve Moore — a nationally renowned economist, free market fan, and editorial board member at The Wall Street
Continue readingWell, that didn’t take long. Lt Gov. Dan Forest sent DPI Secretary June Atkinson roughly 20 pages worth of questions about the controversial Common Core curriculum. Did Lt. Dan
Continue readingNorth Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest has already made it clear that he doesn’t care for the controversial Common Core curriculum for the nation’s public schools. State government’s second-in-command is
Continue readingWell, that was quick. In late June, the Draft Mark Harris committee was touting the hiring of Tracy Bengtson — a Mecklenburg County grassroots activist who was a key
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