When Dale Folwell talks, Roy Cooper listens

Posted on June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about the Cooper Administration’s decision to shut down a Tyrrell County prison that put the county at risk of a state takeover.

Folwell: Cooper needs to do “the right thing”

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Tyrrell County is one of the state’s more impoverished localities. The county, and the city of Columbia, committed to 40 years of debt to build and supply

#ncpol: Using an RPG to swat a fly

Posted on November 3, 2015November 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Our capital city is all abuzz about the recent expose by McClatchy on our governor, his deep-pocketed buddy, and said buddy’s contract with the state prison system. Granted, it was

End solitary confinement in state prisons? (Um, NO.)

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Blinkin’ Chris and Angry Rob and their comedy web site are calling for the end of solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons: Last year, North Carolinians were stunned and horrified

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