Last go around, the House sent 28 total conferees (including ONE Democrat). This year, House leaders have appointed EIGHTY-TWO of the 120 House members to the conference committee. That crowd
Continue readingState Rep. John Blust gave a pretty eye-opening interview to our friends at The Rhino Times about an issue that has people fired up from Murphy to Manteo: Rep. John
Continue readingAFP-NC’s Donald Bryson has labeled the House’s action on the budget as “reverse Robin Hood.” I think this tweet best sums up House action thus far on the state
Continue reading“And the beat goes on … ” — Sonny & Cher ——————————- The drive-bys have been calling last week’s vote on the 2016 federal budget in the GOP-controlled US House
Continue readingWe thought we saw the shape of things to come in that Revenue Laws Committee meeting on Jones Street earlier this week. The meeting featured a presentation from the UNC
Continue readingYou might have a real good chance to give it a try REAL SOON. My old comrade-in-arms Terry Jeffrey, is offering up details suggesting that GOP leaders on Capitol Hill
Continue readingThe Winston-Salem Journal has been all over this. As its reporters continue to dig, the details are getting fuzzier for some of the powers-that-be on Jones Street: […] Barry
Continue readingMcCrory rift with Senate may stall NC budget. Ya Think ???? That was the eloquently succinct and prescient headline atop the latest missive from McClatchy-Charlotte’s genial geriatric Jim Morrill.
Continue readingThe educrats and their drive-by media enablers are a piece of work. They’ve been able to successfully paint legislators in Raleigh as micro-managers deciding who gets a teaching assistant and
Continue readingThe state budget is on the mind of a lot of Raleigh-watchers and insiders. How to get pay raises for teachers has been a major sticking point on reaching an
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