Bev’s ESC chief joins ranks of NC’s unemployed
The woman in charge of disbursing unemployment benefits to North Carolinians is, herself, joining the ranks of the state’s unemployed: Lynn Holmes, the head of
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Tag: North Carolina
An opportunity for Pat McCrory with state employees
In 1995 — just as Jim Hunt was launching his unprecedented reelection campaign for a FOURTH term as NC governor — I broke a story about top Hunt
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Surprise! Bev actually DOES give a ‘frack’
Remember that speech where our esteemed governess — ahem — “joked” about suspending congressional elections so the honorables could do “the right thing” without having to worry about political repercussions?
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Congressman McHenry’s GOP opponent levels crony capitalism charge
Ken Fortenberry, Congressman Patrick McHenry’s GOP challenger in NC’s 10th district, is alleging that McHenry utilized his office and taxpayer funds to financially benefit himself
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Senator Burr: Begging for a Primary
Washington HAS changed Richard Burr. At one time, he was a Winston-Salem businessman fed up with the nonsense in DC. Now, as pointed out
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Pinehurst: The end of a Tradition?
The Tradition of Old Town, a proposed townhome development at the corner of McCaskill and Magnolia, was a sore subject for many Pinehurst voters during the November village elections. The
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Race Pimps target Fayetteville Police Department
Race pimps are people who — instead of dealing honestly with problems — holler racism, blame whitey, and put together protest marches. (Think William Barber, The Fayetteville Observer’s Myron Pitts,
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A Peek Inside George Holding, Inc. : Mostly smoke and mirrors
George Holding’s background is a campaign consultant’s dream come true. He’s the scion of the First Citizen’s Bank empire, a former aide to U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, and a former
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Whipping up fears about Amendment One (a/k/a “Be afraid of those simple church people”)
I see the new editor of our local Pulitzer prize-winning, Nobel-nominated thrice weekly newspaper has already been trained by the Democrat politicos who own and operate
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Renee Ellmers: live and in living color
One of the first people I bumped into at Saturday’s Moore GOP event was our new Member of Congress, Renee Ellmers of Dunn. Ellmers won a close race
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