Endorsements Time!
Two Council of State races with runoffs on July 17 have had some movement in the endorsement area. Mike Causey and Richard Morgan are facing off in the
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Tag: North Carolina
Tillman’s chicken nugget bill has good intentions, but misses the mark
State senator Jerry Tillman (R) — that body’s majority whip, who also represents Moore and Randolph counties — has pushed through legislation targeting a policy that gave North Carolina
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On eve of NCGOP convention, long knives come out
State GOP leaders are spinning the need for “unity” heading into the November general election, but a flier making the rounds of party activists suggests THAT might
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Why is this man smiling? (Answer: He — um — GOT OFF.)
After lengthy deliberations, a federal jury has found former senator (and all-American baby-daddy) John Edwards not guilty on one criminal count, and got hung up
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I’ll take endangered big spenders for a trillion, Alex
The folks at the NRCC in Washington have come up with a creative little web site that should appeal to the fans of the popular long-running game show Jeopardy.
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Property rights, economic development questions for Southern Pines, Pinehurst councils
There was an interesting line in a recent Pilot story about Pinehurst’s new budget: […] Another $252,000 is in the budget for the construction
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Imitation: The Sincerest Form of Flattery?
Far too often in business (and other areas of society), when someone does something that WORKS, you get all kinds of other folks doing something pretty doggone similar. Amazon rolled
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Carolina Journal: Room for improvement in NC House budget proposal
Analysts with Raleigh’s John Locke Foundation say there are plenty of good things in the state budget proposal currently moving through state legislative chambers, but caution that conservatives
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Meet Ed Goodwin, candidate for NC Secretary of State
Most people, when they hear the words ‘secretary of state’, they think of foreign policy and Hillary Clinton. The position of North Carolina Secretary of State plays a significant role
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Mentally incompetent? Here’s your ballot.
Life in this state never ceases to amaze me. Our state government is absolutely amazing. Gaston Pridgen — Robeson County’s first elected GOP legislator EVER — is doing yeoman’s work
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