Thom wants a hug.
He was injected into North Carolina politics by a cabal of Charlotte money-men irritated with the presence of an actual conservative incumbent legislator. They got him through the primary, and
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Why are politician book deals important? Ask Jim Wright.
Once again, we’re dealing with a significant ethical question about the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina. It’s been quite a parade: the beach house, Balanced Nutrition, the daycare
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Good riddance.
With Tim Moore and Jason Saine leaving the NC House for $$$greener$$ pastures, the stink in-and-around the Jones Street legislative complex should be lessened by about — oh — 11
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Vance pick an outside-the-park homer
Donald Trump’s pick of US senator J.D. Vance threw me for a loop. It was a pleasant surprise. But, typically, guys and gals who think like Vance (and us) don’t
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Saturday night in Butler, PA
Well, I have officially lived through a second presidential assassination attempt. I was living in South Korea in 1981 when John Hinckley attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan. This was
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US House GOP debates internally re: Biden and the 25th amendment
With an important election right around the corner, it seems many in Congress’s opposition party are split on how to handle the question of Joe Biden and his fitness to
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No lights. No gas. No water. Heated by the oven. (Welcome to Mark & Yolanda’s “successful” daycare center.)
I usually find myself rolling my eyes in response to the work of Ned Barnett over at The N&O’s op-ed page. But, I do have to give him props for
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Yet ANOTHER Robinson family business …
In April, we were informed that the much-scrutinized Balanced Nutrition — a nonprofit contractor for the NC Department of Health & Human Services (NC DHHS) which has employed Mark Robinson,
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More money, more problems. (Robinson-Hill remix)
We reported earlier about the statement, featured on the lieutenant governor’s official website, which labels Mark Robinson “blessed to start, run, and sell a successful small business with his wife.”
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The iron-fisted shakedown powers that come with Medicaid expansion
State treasurer Dale Folwell and a handful of Republican legislators attempted to do something about the outrageous cost of healthcare and hospitalization. Apparently and unfortunately, the veto-proof GOP majority’s
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