Tag: NCGA

#NCSEN: Comparing 2006 Tillis to 2014 Tillis

Posted on March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’re being sold the idea of Thom Tillis as a principled, pro-business conservative. Sometimes, to understand the present, you have to look at the past. Tillis burst onto the state

Chipping away at our rights in the name of efficiency and national security

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got some pretty big races for US House and US Senate on the November ballot here in North Carolina. One very significant item on the November ballot is not

Spending, more spending AND debt. Oh, My!

Posted on March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

A new study reveals that North Carolina state government’s total spending on debt service — since 2003 — has grown 165 percent. Sarah Curry of The John Locke Foundation gives

#NCGA I-77 Toll foe seeks to replace Tillis in NC House

Posted on March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

House speaker Thom Tillis has been a leader in the effort to implement a HOT lane / tolling system on Interstate 77 in Mecklenburg County. One of the more outspoken

#NCGA: Commercial fishermen reaching out to Raleigh

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Fisheries Association — an organization claiming to advocate for commercial fishermen in the state — is putting forth a proposal for consideration during the General Assembly’s upcoming

The best government money can buy

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Erick Erickson, over at RedState wrote something really profound the other day: “If Democrats in control of government is more of a problem to you than government itself, then YOU

#NCSEN: As Theam Tillis gloats, the speaker’s ”right hand man” wins a new trial

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Establishment Republicans giggling about Greg Brannon’s unfavorable courtroom verdict today might want to stifle it and pay close attention to what happened today in a Greenville courtroom. Former legislator Steven

#NCGA: Fletcher Hartsell, Untouchable?

Posted on February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

News broke this week that state Senate leaders were appointing long-time senator Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus) to co-chair “The Joint Legislative Study Committee on The Affordable Care Act.” One wonders

#NCSEN: In 2011, Speaker Thom thought state health insurance exchanges OK

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Everyone agrees ObamaCare will be a huge issue in the 2014 elections. In 2013, the General Assembly said NO to accepting federal money to set up a state health care

#NCGA: A short session surprise?

Posted on February 12, 2014February 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

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