New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney officially lost re-election on Thursday to newcomer Edward Durr, a Republican truck driver, who spent only a couple thousand dollars on his campaign.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 9:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, House Speaker Tim Moore, Senate Democratic Leader Dan Blue and House Democratic Leader Robert Reives have reached an agreement on key energy legislation.
Published: Monday, November 8th, 2021 @ 11:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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ADF attorneys represent House speaker, Senate president in lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Marc Basnight, perhaps the most powerful figure in N.C. politics during the first decade of the 21st century, has died.
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 3:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following comment following the passing of former Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 10:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced earlier in October that the Senate would close out the long session by the end of the month.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2019 @ 9:23 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Only four House Democrats refused to sign a letter pledging to uphold Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 4:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Don't you just love it when politicians who know NOTHING about a subject try to lecture people who DO KNOW something about a subject? Law enforcement and military folks get more than their fair share of it. And so do businesspeople.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that had allowed the American Civil Liberties Union to censor North Carolina’s “Choose Life” message, which the state legislature voted to make available on a specialty license plate.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 4:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hasan Harnett certainly shocked the political world this weekend. It's also become clear that the establishment is not going to play nice with the new NCGOP chairman.
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 10:27 am
By: Brant Clifton
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No matter how good the crystal ball, it is impossible to predict what will happen in 2015. Perhaps it will be easier to identify the people likely to either make or respond to North Carolina news events.
Published: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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At least two North Carolina magistrates have resigned rather than perform same-sex marriages, citing conflicts with their religious beliefs.
Published: Friday, October 24th, 2014 @ 2:42 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Soon, the North Carolina General Assembly will vote on a history-making budget agreement which provides the largest teacher pay raise in North Carolina history and creates the North Carolina Education Endowment.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 9:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 7.4 percent – the lowest rate in over five years.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2013 North Carolina state legislative session was a memorable one. The passage of historic and long-overdue reforms to state taxes, election laws and education made headlines throughout the year.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 @ 3:51 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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enate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to a handful of representatives from liberal special interest groups calling for an expansion of Medicaid.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 2:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate on Wednesday tentatively passed a hugely popular, common-sense provision that requires North Carolinians to show a photo ID when they vote.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2013 @ 12:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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House and Senate leaders announced Sunday they have reached an agreement on a $20.6 billion state budget that invests in core services, streamlines state government, strengthens public education and grows North Carolina's economy.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 12:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following statement regarding the recent audit of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center by State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate tentatively passed legislation Tuesday that simplifies the state’s 1930s Depression-era tax code, provides major tax relief to all North Carolinians and makes the state far more attractive to job-creating businesses.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 6:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Speaker Thom Tillis may be the single most important person in state government right now and he's got some pretty important decisions to make in the next few days...critical decisions that impact our state, but also his own political future.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 11:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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It's been the conventional wisdom that State House Speaker Thom Tillis was national Republicans' odds-on favorite to take on incumbent Democrat US Senator Kay Hagan in November 2014.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 10:08 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The improvement of transportation in the 20th century made possible successful textile and furniture factories, prompting many to leave the family farm to take jobs at the mill.
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2013 @ 4:28 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis joined forces today in pursuit of Medicaid reform.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 9:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mark Twain said it is better to have people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Wary of that likelihood I nevertheless make my predictions for 2013.
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2013 @ 5:17 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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ormer Governor and emeritus Davidson College chemistry professor Jim Martin has issued his report on the investigation of crip courses at UNC-CH. It was essentially an exoneration of the Big Shots in the UNC system and the system itself.
Published: Monday, December 24th, 2012 @ 9:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2012 short session of the General Assembly saw some proposed reforms to the public schools move forward, while others lacked the political support to advance.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There will be No ferry tax for 2012-2013. Because coastal citizens stood up for our rights, we won!
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2012 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Saying she would never turn her back on North Carolina's children, Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue urged GOP legislative leaders to find more money for education in the waning days of the 2012 short session.
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While Republican Senate leader Phil Berger introduced a comprehensive education reform package at the opening of this year's short legislative session, his GOP House colleagues are offering more limited, targeted changes in school policy.
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 6:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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