#NCGA: From BAD to WORSE on film incentives
There has been a steady drumbeat over the years to end the strategy of subsidies and tax incentives in economic development. Critics suggest — rightly so — that states will
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#NCGA: Sen. Bingham doubles down, says NCGOP definitely gave him dirt to use on primary opponent
We’ve got quite a kerfluffle going down in one Davidson County legislative race. State Senator Stan Bingham is locked in a primary fight for renomination. The senator recently earned statewide
Continue readingThe state budget impasse: It’s ALL Pat’s fault !!!
It’s amazing. Bill Barber, Chris Fitzsimon, and their echo chambers at McClatchy and WRAL have been trying to sell us that a hard-right revolution is sweeping through Raleigh — making
Continue readingSome kudos for Senate tax reform efforts
A former member of the state Senate’s leadership team is praising tax reform efforts — specifically the abolition of the corporate income tax — put forth by
Continue readingSupporters of strong voter ID laws seek grassroots help in “fixing” measure that passed NC House
There’s a new video out floating around that raises some serious questions about the strength of the voter ID bill that recently passed the GOP-controlled
Continue readingPhil Berger, Senate filet the state tax code, while Thom Tillis triangulates
Bill Clinton staged an incredible comeback in 1996, following the HillaryCare fiasco, by practicing triangulation — positioning himself somewhere between the liberalism of his fellow Democrats and the
Continue readingThe VOTER ID saga: House goes wobbly while Senate doubles down
I don’t understand. North Carolinians OVERWHELMINGLY approve of requiring photo ID in order to cast a vote in the state’s elections. Yet, the “conservative revolution” — at
Continue readingLefties LOSE IT over Senator Tillman’s charter school proposal
It’s absolutely refreshing to hear an elected official championing the supremacy of the free market over the iron-fist of the bureaucracy. Legislation introduced by state Senator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph)
Continue readingThom Goolsby’s RJA repeal is pure common-sense. PASS IT! SIGN IT! MAKE IT SO!
State senator Thom Goolsby’s (R-Wilmington) bill to repeal the grossly-misnamed Racial Justice Act has cleared its first hurdle. It passed a Senate committee today. The RJA — passed by a
Continue readingKudos to Goolsby on Racial Justice Act
While the state House leadership is talking about watering stuff down, slowing things down, appeasing the Democrats to “get stuff done,” at least one state Senator is
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