I had an interesting talk today with someone who has floor privileges in the legislative building to go along with his flashy job title. We talked about the passion being exhibited by grassroots activists to get House Bill 1061 passed into state law.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina insurance policy holders will pick up $10.5 million in additional premium costs if a bill requiring expanded coverage of chiropractic services recommended April 21 by a legislative study committee is approved in the General Assembly's short session opening this week.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Early voting gets started this week. We've got some primaries out there. We also have a lot of folks out there who are unopposed for renomination.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 10:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Remember voting for a bond on the ballot? You know, those things city, county and the state government use to pay for things like prisons, schools, roads, and any number of things.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Some of you outside the Charlotte area may have missed THIS INTERVIEW with state Rep. Bob Brawley on WBT radio.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2013 @ 4:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, is upset with pending legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly barring car manufacturers from selling directly to consumers. Holy hypocrisy, Batman!
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 4:46 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Attention Tea Partiers: McClatchy's crayon corps says the aging former hippies, now suckling at the government teat from their tenured university positions, screaming and hollering - and getting arrested - at the legislative building are JUST LIKE YOU.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013 @ 12:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In the run-up to the 2010 elections, we heard a lot of sob stories from NCGA Republicans about how heavy-handed and unfair the Democrats were to them when they ran the legislature.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 @ 12:36 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Interest is coalescing around legislation that would repeal a law forcing energy companies to buy increasingly larger volumes of costly, tax-subsidized, renewable energy. Rep. Mike Hager, R-Rutherford, is drafting language for a bill as Gov. Pat McCrory pushes for offshore...
Published: Monday, February 18th, 2013 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative Democrats did not give the GOP high marks, citing a host of differences in philosophy and approach and that the new laws would result in ineffective or even harmful policies.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 2:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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