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The old aphorism was never truer, “laws are like sausages. It’s best not to see them being made.” The big news this week has been the state budget and why, almost three months late, it hasn’t passed.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:39 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Pay-to-Play Perry strikes again
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 9:22 am
By: John Steed
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Follow the money
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 3:28 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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answer at candidates forum strongly suggests that
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 @ 4:19 pm
By: John Steed
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Wall Street showered her with money just before she did her deal with Schumer
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Steed
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At $50,000, compared to the $875 million press release issued for the massive Apple taxpayer giveaway, this press release was somewhat cheap.
Published: Monday, August 9th, 2021 @ 9:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Certificate of Need laws have ruined governors and exiled the wealthy and the powerful to federal prison.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 8:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A legislative investigation into the permit process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a sham, say representatives of Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 10:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislators looking into how Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration handled an environmental permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have asked Cooper and three of his top staffers to testify in Raleigh at a legislative committee meeting Friday, Nov. 8.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-6th District, has the NCAA’s attention when it comes to fair pay for student athletes.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 4:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2019 @ 1:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Who is Doug Heyl? Members of a special legislative committee looking into the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would like to know. Heyl is a top communications official in the state Department of Environmental Quality
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 4:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A legislative panel is hiring a special outside investigator to get answers from Gov. Roy Cooper about his creation of a $57.8 million discretionary fund tied to payments from Atlantic Coast Pipeline partners
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2018 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did state approval of the North Carolina segment of the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline depend on Gov. Roy Cooper's administration securing a $57.8-million discretionary "mitigation fund" with the pipeline operators
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican legislative leaders fear more lawsuits and constitutional showdowns with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will occur if, in their view, he keeps stepping on their control over state revenues
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 5:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bob Rucho, Vickie Sawyer, A.J. Daoud, and William Howell are packed into a primary race where points of view are vaguely similar - but backgrounds span from experienced to outsider
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 10:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a three-way race in the state House of Representatives District 59 Republican primary, with incumbent Rep. Jon Hardister squaring off against former state Sen. Mark McDaniel and newcomer Karen Albright
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House passed House Bill 90 on Tuesday, Feb. 13, commandeering a controversial $58 million discretionary fund Gov. Roy Cooper created with developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and redirecting the money to education
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2018 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now Gov. Cooper confirms that his intention for the $58 million extortion “voluntary contribution” made in exchange for the approval of permits to allow the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to begin construction will be exclusively his slush fund.
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 3:58 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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While FBI Director James Comey hasn't spoken publicly since he told Congress in a letter about new information surrounding the Clinton Foundation case, a number of insiders are providing information on where their investigation is headed
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 9:52 am
By: Jim Kouri
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"[A] group now comprising a major Task Force in the FBI is directing an official and thorough investigation into all aspects of the Clinton Foundation..."
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2016 @ 9:02 pm
By: Jim Kouri
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Democrat Senate candidate Deborah Ross is touting her "ethics" plan in Fayetteville today, which directly calls for eliminating pay-to-play schemes.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 @ 5:46 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Following Hillary Clinton's disastrous week of developments into the pay-to-play scheme she set up at the State Department, another North Carolina editorial is calling on the Clintons to cut ties with the Clinton Foundation.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 @ 5:58 am
By: Russell Allen
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Two recent media reports have cast a spotlight on the potential "pay to play" problem with government contractors who are also donors to political campaigns.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Fennebresque's friends and coworkers call him "Czar." That appears to be a fitting nickname, for his imperious exercise of authority was his downfall as chairman of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 12:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I received this in an email from a friend in Arkansas. He was unable to give me a source so I cannot properly credit the author. Normally I do not pass along internet blogs but this is consistent with my memory of the events of the Clintons.
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2015 @ 3:24 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I am a primary care physician with over 20 years experience delivering care in the Army and to North Carolina's Medicaid population, and currently run a pediatric clinic in Burlington.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 10:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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An Eastern North Carolina GOP leader has filed an official complaint against state Rep. Brian Brown (R-Pitt) filled with allegations of financial impropriety and "Pay to Play."
Published: Thursday, March 27th, 2014 @ 7:29 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We've done some extensive reporting on the speaker's activities on Jones Street. Greg Brannon – one of speaker Thom's opponents in the US Senate primary campaign has raised ethical questions about the state House's top man.
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Janet Cowell's primary responsibility as State Treasurer is to oversee the pension fund for retired North Carolina teachers and state employees. So why does her campaign receive so many contributions from far-away states like New York, Pennsylvania and California?
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2012 @ 1:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When the GOP majority took over the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, we were promised an end to pay-to-play. Pay-to-play has typically meant the shakedown of lobbyists and other interested parties for campaign donations in exchange for legislative attention to their concerns.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 10:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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State Treasurer Janet Cowell is coming under fire from state employees and retirees who are raising questions about the pension fund's management after it invested in Facebook - which saw its value tank after its stock market debut.
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 5:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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