We’re approaching September 2014. Way back in January 2013, the North Carolina state board of elections announced an investigation into the campaign finances of state senator Fletcher Hartsell (RINO-Cabarrus). THIS
Continue readingWe posted earlier about how new regulations on the use of unmanned drone aircraft in North Carolina *magically* appeared amid an appropriations bill that passed the state Senate. A specific
Continue readingDuring debate this week on economic development incentives, legislators were reminded that $7 million in state incentives had been allocated for the filming of CBS’s “Under The Dome” series in
Continue readingThe Speaker of The House tried to ram through a bill containing a smorgasbord of odds-and-ends spending desired by the governor and various special interests. It got shot down once
Continue readingWell, the effort to bring party disloyalty into the debate on HB 1224 blew up rather unceremoniously. Apparently, some ”pain-in-the-ass-teabagger web site” spilled the beans before the plan could
Continue readingGeneral Assembly Republicans had a rather heated caucus meeting about the controversial HB 1224 legislation on Monday. Sources in the caucus meeting told us that sources close to speaker Thom
Continue readingNot giving the speaker what he wants is now akin to party disloyalty. If the powers-that-be in the North Carolina House have their way, that will be absolutely true. We
Continue reading$107 Billion, 580 Million, 297 Thousand dollars. ($107,580,297,000.00) THAT is how much debt North Carolina state government had racked up by January 2014. And how has the “conservative revolution”
Continue readingIf you’re looking for shenanigans, you usually have to look no further than Raleigh’s Jones Street. Liberals and libertarians have been quite passionate about placing controls on governmental use of
Continue readingKay Hagan and her comrades in the drive-by media want to talk about education in terms of “cuts”, how much is and is not being spent on various government programs,
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