Where's the jobs?
Editorial, News and Observer, August 22, 2013. After the 2013 session ended, state Sen. Neal Hunt sent his constituents a list of what he considers the accomplishments of the Republican-led... Read More
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Where the N.C. GOP got its agenda
hey cut taxes and regulations, even repealed the “death tax.” They enacted voter IDs and school vouchers, tightened rules on abortion clinics and loosened laws on guns. They rejected federal... Read More
McCrory signs regulatory overhaul plan, 32 more bills
Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law a sweeping regulatory overhaul Friday that reduces environmental regulations, supersedes some city ordinances and puts all rules currently in place under review... Read More
North Carolina Receives Improved Ratings on Human Trafficking
Tar Heel lawmakers’ efforts to make the state less attractive to sex traffickers are scoring points with the Polaris Project, which announced improved ratings on human trafficking laws in North... Read More
House Republican Criticizes Heritage Action's Defund Campaign
by Michael Warren, The Weekly Standard, August 22, 2013. Renee Ellmers, a sophomore Republican congresswoman from North Carolina, has criticized a conservative group's campaign to get congressional... Read More
Vetoes could cost McCrory precious political capital
Gov. Pat McCrory is the first Republican governor in North Carolina to have veto power, but many political observers didn't expect him to use it on a Republican-controlled legislature. McCrory has... Read More
North Carolina’s McCrory Delivers Cookies as Politics Shift
On July 30, Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s Republican governor, walked out of his mansion to a group of women protesting a law he’d signed that they said would close abortion clinics under the... Read More
Parents need to be aware of what checks are done on coaches, volunteers
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 22, 2013. Local governments, schools and recreation leagues need to be particularly careful about who is allowed to coach or otherwise mentor children and... Read More
Let the vetoes stand
Editorial by Greensboro News and Record, August 24, 2013. Legislators don’t have to accept Gov. Pat McCrory’s vetoes of two bills passed this summer. “We got pretty good last year at overriding... Read More
DHHS Salaries rise
The state Department of Health and Human Services has created new high-salaried positions in its central office this year and is paying some top executives more than their predecessors even as the... Read More
