Tag: state budget

Dare County officials ambushed by state budget “deal”

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Boy, this hot mess of a backroom “deal” on the state budget is continuing to deliver in the surprise department: Following in the footsteps of Nags Head and Manteo, leaders

Berger mafia rams through Rockingham casino rezoning approval. Sheriff taking fight to Raleigh.

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Kevin Berger, son of capo di tutti Don Phil, and his henchmen on the Rockingham County board of commissioners rammed through — despite protests from countless citizens groups and local

Just in time for state budget approval: UNC, ECU, Duke scrub references to pediatric tranny stuff from their websites

Posted on May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

So far, the med schools at Duke, UNC and ECU have passionately denied allegations from Education First Alliance about their involvement and encouragement of pediatric transgender procedures. The story won’t

Daily Caller: Duke Health denies ‘transitioning’ minors, but STILL gives minors ‘puberty blockers’

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s becoming clearer that the Big Three NC medical schools accused of performing transgender procedures on minors are foresaking ‘coming clean ‘ and ‘telling the truth’ for the time-tested practice

#ncpol: Mr. Folwell rightly scolds our goofy Guv.

Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Roy Cooper is a master at running to the media and taking credit for stuff he had LITTLE to NOTHING to do with. (Don’t believe me? Check out the

WHAT education cuts?

Posted on July 27, 2013July 27, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Bill Barber’s cheering section / steno pool at McClatchy and WRAL have been bombarding us with stories about draconian spending cuts to education rammed through the GOP-dominated General Assembly. *Kids

Thanks to McClatchy, Rural Center biting the dust. (But why stop there?)

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It sounds odd to hear me praising McClatchy, but they’ve done some bang-up work pointing out the waste in the NC Rural Center and making a case for its closure.

Memo to NCGA: More CUTS before MORE confiscation …

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Legislation to address the state’s debt to the federal government is moving its way along Jones Street. Basically, the plan calls for: (1) cutting back the amount of payments

As The Budget Busts: the expensive soap opera being rolled out by Jones Street studios

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We had a GOP takeover of the General Assembly which showed promise of introducing fiscal sanity to state government. The 2011 budget debate had leftists hollering about mean old

Carolina Journal: Room for improvement in NC House budget proposal

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

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