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#ncga: Where WERE House Democrats?

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The House Democrat caucus, their useless governor, their crazed fans out in the hinterlands, and some of the drive-by media have kept alive a conspiracy theory alleging that

#ncga: As the House Screams

Posted on September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

If you were watching the goings-on on Jones Street yesterday, you might have thought you stumbled across a C-SPAN broadcast of the British House of Commons. THAT is

Grab your umbrellas. (Watch for falling drive-by crocodile tears.)

Posted on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 by Brant Clifton

During the Richard Morgan-Jim Black reign of terror in the North Carolina House (2002-2006) it was quite common for “enemies” of House leadership to be assigned to windowless, out-of-the-way,

The omitted details on the latest entry into the NC LtGov race

Posted on July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Campaign materials are identifying him as “Iraq War Veteran and current North Carolina National Guard soldier” Greg Gebhardt. But they left out some other important details: He’s registered with the

Lemons paid fines for his Harnett GOP screwups with NCGOP cash

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

This story just keeps getting, um, better. We’ve told you about how NCGOP treasurer Jason Lemons — current Harnett County school board chairman and college buddy of David

#ncpol: Harnett GOP cleaning up Jason Lemons’s mess

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

He’s the money man for the state GOP. He’s no longer the money man for the Harnett County GOP. Jason Lemons has had more than his fair share

More, um, “fun” with the NCGOP treasurer

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Jason Lemons is a busy guy. He’s chairman of the Harnett County Board of Education. He oversees the finances for the Harnett County GOP and its building fund.

#ncga: House leaders put anti-Folwell bill on fast track

Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 by Brant Clifton

As it turns out, the House Insurance committee will not get a crack at HB 184, a bill drafted by hospital lobbyists to hobble treasurer Dale Folwell’s efforts at

#ncga: Bill tying Dale Folwell’s hands on state health plan slated for committee action Tuesday

Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell simply wants to introduce a little transparency into the relationship between health care providers and the state health plan: share some specifics about what you’re

NC-03: All 3 legislators in GOP race basically neck-and-neck in Civitas rankings

Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Usually, the epithet “liberal” gets reserved for general election contests. But it is already getting tossed around quite, um, “liberally” in the Third Congressional District GOP primary. SO, we