#NCGA: A short session surprise?
A piece of legislation that has raised the ire of Civitas and other Tea Party-aligned groups, and has been voted down twice in the state House, has been resurrected and
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Thom & Bru: Mutual back-scratching at its best
Thom Tillis and Harold Brubaker have quite a special political bond. They are the only two Republican speakers of the North Carolina House since Reconstruction. The two became very close
Continue reading#NCSEN #NCGA: 2012 Tillis House campaign accepted $4K from wife of figure in federal bribery case
North Carolina state House speaker Thom Tillis has established quite a reputation as a prolific fundraiser. He’s been credited with providing the ammo needed for the GOP to take over
Continue reading#NCSEN: Morrill’s lazy reporting gives Tillis a pass
I had been waiting to see what the Charlotte Observer / McClatchy’s Jim Morrill was coming out with. I have known — for at least a week — that he
Continue readingThe view from UNDER the bus
THIS didn’t take long: A leading Republican state senator issued an apology Tuesday for his remarks skewering Gov. Pat McCrory, first lady Ann McCrory and lawmakers in a private meeting
Continue readingA Bad Hair Day for Rep. Pittman?
Lady Liberty has done a bang-up job introducing us to the wannabe “hair apparent” to conservative state Rep. Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus). Conspiracy-minded folks might see the announcement of a primary
Continue readingThe tale of the tape: Rabon’s rant makes public tensions between Gov, House & Senate
The media and The Moral Monday crowd like to paint the GOP majority in Raleigh as a juggernaut working in sync to ram through a conservative agenda. WRAL made some
Continue readingThe ObamaCare “study”: stoves are hot, ice is cold, socialism is BAD
Setting up a commission or a committee to “study” an issue is a great way for politicians to show they “care” –without actually doing anything substantive. “Fast and Furious,” anyone?
Continue readingTime to pull out of LBJ’s War On Poverty
I think it was Albert Einstein who once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Statists in Congress are arguing
Continue readingTeacher pay, job satisfaction and the politics of public education
The Round Rev and his rabble regularly showed up at The Legislative Building in Raleigh over the last year demanding that education spending and teacher pay be elevated to at
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