AFTER the election, GOP thinks tax increases are A-OK
Now that the smoke has cleared — and they are safe from the voters’ wrath for at least two more years — Republicans in Raleigh and Washington appear ready to
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Happy Thanksgiving!
(Considering all of the Christmas paraphernalia already in stores, and the Christmas music on the radio, it feels weird to not be saying Merry Christmas.) The last four years
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Is the NC Senate large enough to accommodate Tim Lea AND his ego?
A smattering of politicos showed up in Carthage Tuesday night to say goodbye to county commissioner Tim Lea at his last board meeting. Lea is retiring
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Gov. Pat: Going wobbly on ObamaCare fight?
Businesses have been downsizing, closing facilities, implementing employee layoffs, and instituting hiring freezes in anticipation of the impending fiscal and regulatory nightmare known as ObamaCare. Pat McCrory won
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Shubert: Wayne King meddled in NC GOP’s state auditor primary
Fern Shubert is not one to mince words. The former Republican legislator from Union County rocked many a boat during her tenure on Jones Street. Besides her
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Gov. Pat: Bev’s a disaster, but I’m keeping a lot of her people.
Pat McCrory, fresh off his rout of Walter Dalton in the governor’s race, is putting out the word that we shouldn’t expect “major personnel changes right away.” Wait a minute.
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NC House GOP re-ups with Tillis, delays vote on other offices
It looks like we’re going to get two more years of Thom Tillis in the House chamber’s big chair. It also looks like proposal to alter the majority leader job
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Mr. Forest Goes To Raleigh
In one of the best election-related pieces of news for North Carolina Tea Partiers, canvassing has confirmed Republican Dan Forest’s victory over Democrat Linda Coleman. Forest, one of
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DID NCGOP mislead grassroots activists?
There is something disturbing rumbling to the surface here in Moore County in the wake of the Nov 6 vote. The state GOP set up”NC Victory” offices all over the
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Thoughts on the NC House GOP leadership skirmish
State House Republicans are meeting today to decide who will lead them through the next legislative session in Raleigh. A lot of the current leadership is running again, while a
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