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Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat; and former Judge Bob Orr, a one-time Republican whose recent political efforts have been largely in opposition to his former party, are leading an initiative to increase trust in North Carolina’s elections infrastructure.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. attorney general can’t keep and distribute money from a settlement over hog waste that leaked and overflowed from lagoons.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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May I introduce you to some of the first-degree murderers who had their death sentences indefinitely postponed by our state Supreme Court on June 5.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 @ 2:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The House approved a bill Wednesday, Feb. 27, asking voters to enshrine eminent domain restrictions in the state constitution. The measure passed easily, by a 94-21 vote.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2019 @ 7:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If the governor directs where money goes and for what purpose, is it government spending?
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2018 @ 4:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Leaders from the NCGA House and Senate continued the call for Roy Cooper to defend the common-sense voter ID law or resign as the appeal heads to the Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2016 @ 12:47 am
By: Russell Allen
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North Carolina's still-young Opportunity Scholarship Program would get a major boost if a provision in the proposed Senate budget becomes law
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 3:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC Speaker of the House, Paul "Skip" Stam, released an official statement offering to assist PayPal in finding a new state to do business in, since it has chosen to boycott NC
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2016 @ 1:26 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Governor McCrory signed Senate Bill 698 (Legacy Medical Care Facility/CON Exempt) into law on October 28, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Politicians never cease to amaze me. A few sessions back, I was treated to a barrage of b*tching from various Republican legislators about Skip Stam and Thom Tillis.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 5:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement in response to Representative Skip Stam's announced retirement from the General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2015 @ 11:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina voters soon could vote for governor and lieutenant governor as a team under a measure approved Tuesday by the House Elections Committee.
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 @ 8:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It seems the folks on Jones Street have kicked off one heck of an orgy - apparently in honor of the box office success of '50 Shades of Grey.'
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A rightward shift. That's how two sources - who both had votes in today's leadership vote - described the final results to me.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 8:50 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Then-speaker Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, the Black Caucus, and The John Locke Foundation were all quite passionate about passing reparations for people sterilized by the state of North Carolina from the 20s to the 70s.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 6:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When the news broke that Rep. Tim Moore would be the Republican nominee for speaker of the North Carolina House and Rep. Mike Hager would be majority leader, the usual suspects did the usual things.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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GOP leaders from Thom Tillis to Skip Stam to Pat McCrory have bent over backwards to tell us what a great idea privately-managed toll roads are.
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 1:52 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Twenty-eight House Republicans bolted party ranks Tuesday, joining 26 Democrats to defeat an economic incentives program that some labeled "corporate welfare."
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed two bills today
Published: Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 @ 5:09 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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In this case, we hate being right. Some time back, we posted about efforts in the NCGOP platform drafting committee to remove a lot of the issues important to Tea Party activists.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 12:07 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Supporters of private school vouchers rallied Tuesday outside the Legislative Building urging lawmakers to lift the cap on the number of students eligible to receive the vouchers in the coming school year.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, it appears Robert Brawley's political career on Jones Street and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes. Just like Luca Brasi.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 9:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The so-called legislative short session kicks off on Jones Street Wednesday. The N&O has already started smooching Phil Berger's posterior.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Liberal activists may fume, and left-wing editorialists may grind their teeth, but legislative leaders are going to defend energetically their 2013 opportunity scholarship bill against lawsuits by the teacher union and other special interests.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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He is unable to walk like kids his age, but my niece's son gave his family the best gift ever when he pulled himself up and balanced against a fence while playing in the Arizona sunshine.
Published: Thursday, December 26th, 2013 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Advocates for reform of the way North Carolina draws its congressional and legislative election maps are taking their arguments to audiences across North Carolina. Redistricting reformers have conducted public meetings recently in Greensboro, Fayetteville, and Charlotte, with other events...
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 11:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by the GOP majority in the North Carolina General Assembly. Yay! We've got a budget!
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 4:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A spokesman for House Speaker Thom Tillis said Wednesday that Republican caucus members have come to an agreement on tax reform and will move forward...
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 @ 8:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state House has approved a bill that would remove a vestige of Jim Crow days from the N.C. Constitution.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 6:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government doling out taxpayer dollars to politically-connected businesses is bad enough, but this week's Bad Bill of the Week takes that concept to even lower depths.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013 @ 11:19 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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How on earth could an Obama-liberal be one of the four Republican Leaders in the State House?
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013 @ 4:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Earlier this week Representatives Rob Bryan (R-Mecklenburg), Brian Brown (R-Pitt) and Marcus Brandon (D-Guilford) introduced HB 944, the Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you believe the spin of a lot of NCGOP insiders, the state Republican Party will be governed for the next two years by a former legislator and the cousin of Art "The Great Satan" Pope.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 1:28 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I take this opportunity to express my thanks to all of the many people who have worked the last two years to help us promote the agenda of the Republican Party and to bring you up to date on some of the recent history of our County party.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2013 @ 12:44 pm
By: Buzz Cayton
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