A group of folks from North Carolina, who have been lobbying the General Assembly for a few years now to lease privately-owned school buildings (which may, um, *coincidentally*
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The personal finances of the second most-powerful leader in the North Carolina House have apparently earned some extra scrutiny in the judicial arena: An agricultural supply company
Continue readingFor a few years now — at least — a small band of conservative activists in Haywood County (out west) have been slugging it out with establishment elements in the
Continue readingTalk about GREAT BIG ONES: Laura Riddick, the former Wake County Register of Deeds who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $926,000 while in office, is suing North Carolina to
Continue readingAnd the hits keep coming for the powers-that-be on Jones Street: For the second time this month, a new state law targeting individual candidates running for office this November has
Continue readingWell, fellow Tar Heels, we managed to transition from an attorney general who didn’t do ONE DAMN THING to another one totally committed to being the handmaiden of the radical
Continue readingThe s-word appears to be the popular buzzword this campaign season for GOPe types. We’re eight years into state government’s alleged conservative revolution. State government keeps spending more and more.
Continue readingWe heard a lot of boo-hooing last year from the state Department of Justice about “budget cuts” by the legislature. North Carolina would be less safe, we were told. The
Continue readingIf there is a protest in Chapel Hill, you can bet Altha Cravey will — at some point — be in the vicinity. We wrote about this faculty member, who
Continue readingThe North Carolina Department of Justice’s crime lab is screwing over crime victims left and right. Local governments are having to outsource their crime lab work to actually prosecute criminals.
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