#NCGA: Sources say Tillis Senate race likely a factor in House-Senate budget talks
A well-placed Jones Street source — who has a vote on the floor of his chamber — tells us that Phil Berger and his team may have the upper hand
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#NCGA: Tillman says Common Core deal VERY CLOSE
State senator Jerry Tillman, the majority whip and NCGA Republicans’ leading voice on education issues, says he is confident the House and Senate will have their differences ironed out within
Continue readingA NCGA-Gov office “family feud”?
The drive-by media and the Moral Monday bunch are working overtime to try and tell us how Gov. McCrory and his fellow Republicans in the General Assembly are working hand-in-glove
Continue reading#NCGA: GOP caucus sources say list of serious contenders for next House speaker down to THREE
I had the chance this week to check in with three of my better moles within the House GOP caucus on Jones Street. (Thanks to the culture of intimidation that
Continue readingRobRielle, N&O joining MSNBC on road to irrelevance
Just when you think he can’t deliver a bigger face-palm moment, the reporter who: (1) made history by being physically removed from an NCGOP convention, (2) failed to notice Dennis
Continue reading#NCGOP: Convention pre-game show
State Republicans are headed off to the furthest western regions of our state this weekend to hold their convention and plot a course for the next year. Observers are worried
Continue readingNCGOP exec dragged into Guilford GOP $$$$ brouhaha
GOPers in the Greensboro-High Point area are still a little sore about the fallout from a March dinner honoring retiring congressman Howard Coble. It appears that an official with
Continue reading#NCGA: Even MORE surrender on taxes?
This week the Republican majority on Jones Street slapped an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. (That’s ON TOP of the sales tax already collected.) In the Senate, the
Continue reading#NCSEN: A conservative write-in campaign?
In 2006, Thom Tillis ousted fellow Republican and incumbent John Rhodes in a nasty primary fight for a Mecklenburg County state House seat. In 2014, Rhodes COULD end up making
Continue reading#NCGA: Senate bill exempts temp foreign workers from state income tax withholding
The state of North Carolina has a more than $400 million revenue shortfall. The honorables on Jones Street are moaning about how they don’t have the money to give teachers
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