Why cut spending when you can just holler for Mo’ Money?
We thought we saw the shape of things to come in that Revenue Laws Committee meeting on Jones Street earlier this week. The meeting featured a presentation from the UNC
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#ncga: A ploy to ratchet up state spending?
I stumbled across something interesting yesterday while nosing through cyberspace. State Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett) released some documentation for the legislature’s Revenue Laws Committee meeting yesterday. (Even though they
Continue reading#ncga: Jones Street pressure sent Decker packing
The governor’s office is spinning commerce secretary Sharon Decker’s resignation as a chance for her to seek bigger and better opportunities. But a well-placed source of mine from Jones Street
Continue readingOpening Pandora’s box
Then-speaker Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, the Black Caucus, and The John Locke Foundation were all quite passionate about passing reparations for people sterilized by the state of North Carolina from
Continue reading#ncga: The brave new world of the House GOP (A rightward shift?)
A rightward shift. That’s how two sources – who both had votes in today’s leadership vote — described the final results to me. You can read and watch the accounts
Continue reading#ncga: Moore of the same, or someting Moore?
I wasn’t surprised that Tim Moore was tapped by his GOP House colleagues Saturday to be the next speaker of the North Carolina House. I WAS surprised that he got
Continue readingThe UN influencing North Carolina’s sea level rise report?
We’ve reported extensively on the on-going saga with the Coastal Resources Commission and their, um, “struggle” to comply with the legislature’s instructions to produce a balanced, science-based sea level rise
Continue reading#ncga: We don’t need no (new) regulations
We don’t need no education regulations We dont need no thought control price controls No dark sarcasm nosy bureaucrats in the classroom our business Teachers Politicians, leave them kids folks alone It’s widely
Continue reading(*SIGH*) That’s OUR Pat.
It’s amazing. It used to be the kiss of death for a politician when he or she blatantly disrespects their base. But, hey — Thom Tillis did it, and he’s
Continue reading#NCGA: House leadership races? (We’ve got the inside scoop.)
The Republican majority will huddle next weekend to pick leaders for the chamber AND for their caucus. Since they are a majority in the General Assembly’s lower chamber, the Republican
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