WHAT or WHO is “JK Slime” ?
It’s a historic time in the worlds of North Carolina politics and business. Balanced Nutrition, the controversy-laden business run by Yolanda Hill, wife of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, was slated
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Biden’s EEOC: ‘Watch who you call “sir”!’
As if things in DC couldn’t get any crazier: The Biden administration has rolled out a set of new guidelines, under which an employer would be deemed liable for harassment
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DPI’s lame-duck Team Truitt settles with fired CRT / DEI critic
Back in 2022, David Phillips had been an accomplished instructor at The North Carolina Governor’s School – which falls under the domain of The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
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Folwell: Fed court’s ruling puts viability and longevity of state health plan at risk
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that the NC State Health Plan violates customers’ rights under the “equal protection clause” of The US Constitution by
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By jove, I think Ted’s got it! (Or at least, he’s getting there.)
I was pleasantly surprised to see Ted Budd’s NO vote off-setting Therrible Thom’s awful YES on the recent foreign aid giveaway to Ukraine, Israel, and all points between. (The package
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Robinson family biz on state’s DO-NOT-PAY list since 2021. (Why are they still getting paid?)
That’s an interesting question. Let’s dig in: Okay. So, if you browse to the Office of State Budget and Management’s online Suspension of Funding List (SOFL), you’ll find THIS among
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We’re broker than broke and being invaded, but DC pols keep shipping cash-we-don’t-have overseas
If this doesn’t convince you that your opinion means less than that of party leaders and lobbyists in DC, I don’t know what can be done for you. While we
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NC legislators. Lobbyists. The Virginia mountains. Serious injuries. (And some serious questions. )
At first, I didn’t hold out much hope for The Assembly website. It was billed as a North Carolina politics website run by folks who used to cover the subject
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Yolanda vs. NC DHHS: Butting heads over fiscal review of Robinson family biz
A fiscal review of Greensboro-based Balanced Nutrition, the Robinson family business, had been scheduled for the duration of this week. The firm, a contractor for state government which manages millions
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Surprise! UNC board of governors smacks down DEI.
Boy, this issue has really found its legs quickly. At the beginning of April, we heard from UNC-CH trustee Jim Blaine – a close associate of state senate president pro
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