Sen. Tom Mcinnis moves against local government overreach
This site is in an unfamiliar — and somewhat uncomfortable — position. We find ourselves on the same side of a debate as state senator Tom McInnis and the newsroom
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A sensible move on teacher licensing
Over on Jones Street, legislators are reforming teacher licensure so that the process and end-product play a less important role in staffing our schools. Of course, the educrats — the
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Guess WHO ELSE has got that ‘Berger Fever’.
That’s right. It appears senator Phil Berger has the *grouchy, confused old lady* vote wrapped up for the 2026 GOP primary. “All roads in North Carolina’s conservative movement trace back
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Judge: Team Berger cannot have TIMMY’s judge pal handle their case. (Uncle Phil is NOT pleased.)
Occasionally, we encounter instances where the powerful DO NOT get their way. We’ve told you about a Rockingham County political candidate who filed a defamation complaint in Wake County against
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Berger backs BIGGER unemployment checks
The de facto leader of the NCGOP is defying his party’s national fervor for cutting spending and waste. State senator Phil Berger, his chamber’s president pro tem, has made it
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While MAGA cuts in DC, Raleigh is fattening up
Since 2017, we’ve been hearing talk from the General Assembly about revenue surpluses. Surpluses in revenue occur when they take too much money from us in April of each year.
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NC’s new AG ignores the law to attack President Trump
Elections do have consequences. Unfortunately, we’ve elected three consecutive attorneys general who thumbed their noses at the state constitution. Two of them have gone on to bigger things while
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Will The Jones Street Mob maintain its iron grip on state GOP?
We shall see. The state Republican Party is in the midst of updating and revising its primary governing document — The Plan of Organization (PoO). We’ve talked with quite
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Report: NC House (R) from Cabarrus sought job with Stein while mulling over veto vote
Charlotte media has uncovered an example of the kind of thing we’ve been trying to tell you about for years: A Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
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Careening recklessly toward authoritarianism
Vote *Red.* Yep. That’s the slogan we got bombarded with during the recently completed election. The color red has long been associated with communism. Is that where the GOP hierarchy
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