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Governor Pat McCrory strongly urged President Barack Obama to reconsider his veto threat after the U.S House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill sponsored by North Carolina Representative Richard Hudson to halt the administration's plan to take in thousands of Syrian and...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:24 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined 26 other governors in a letter calling on President Barack Obama to cease the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees until the federal government thoroughly reviews the refugee background check process and address the security gaps acknowledged by FBI Director...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Democrats' victory, and Republican Ryan's defeat, was garishly displayed when his omnibus got more Democratic votes in the House and in the Senate than it got Republican votes.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 11:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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This is just a southern joke; don’t get you snickers in a wad
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 2:24 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A federal appeals court this week delivered a major victory in the case brought by 22 states, Governor Pat McCrory and three other governors and one state attorney general challenging President Barack Obama's sweeping executive action on immigration. On Tuesday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals...
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 @ 1:30 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after President Barack Obama mischaracterized North Carolina's commitment to education during a brief visit to Charlotte today...
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 7:47 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Before all of you education industry zealots consider that I don't care about "The Children" getting more free education, or something as equally ridiculous, just hear me out on this one: Free Community College for everyone is an incredibly bad idea.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, chairman of the OCS Governors Coalition, applauded President Barack Obama's Interior Department for advancing an oil and gas leasing program that could include development opportunities in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 @ 7:38 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory traveled to Washington, D.C. today along with a bipartisan group of four governors to meet with President Barack Obama and members of his cabinet.
Published: Wednesday, January 7th, 2015 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has joined the Texas Attorney General, now governor-elect, along with other governors and attorneys general in a lawsuit that challenges President Barack Obama's expansion of presidential power by unilaterally changing immigration law through executive action.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 12:00 pm
By: Chris Downey
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For decades people have been debating whether or not people have a "right" to health care. The notion of rights that is typically invoked is distinct from the question of whether people have a right to enter the market for health care services and engage in exchange activity in order to obtain...
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) spoke at the House Armed Services Committee hearing with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the Obama Administration's strategy for combating ISIS.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 12:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Democrats' Lay Blame approach, so far, may have lost this president the War in Iraq, and created instability worldwide; however, it did win him two terms in office and a Nobel Peace Prize.
Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The recent influx of undocumented, unaccompanied minors crossing the southern United States border has compelled Governor Pat McCrory to join governors calling on President Barack Obama to address the crisis situation in a pragmatic and humanitarian way.
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2014 @ 5:38 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Irrespective of Mr. Obama's circling of the wagons under his latest crisis of leadership - the atrocious mismanagement of the V.A. - claiming that there must be an exhaustive investigation, there is a systemic problem.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 11:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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2008: Hagan Promised A "World-Class" Health-Care System For Veterans Now: Hagan Is Silent On The VA Scandal
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 5:35 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Today, at a ceremony at the White House with President Barack Obama, Charlotte resident Sergeant Kyle J. White received the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary bravery during a battle in Aranas, Afghanistan in 2007. Governor Pat McCrory, who met with Sgt. White in April, thanked him for his...
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 4:39 am
By: Chris Downey
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Sometimes, we find ourselves debating whether Barry Obama is simply incompetent or willfully driving our economy into the toilet.
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 10:24 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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During her 2008 U.S. Senate campaign, Kay Hagan promised North Carolinians she would be a "moderate" and "independent" voice in Washington.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 11:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The political debate in North Carolina has me seeing double. A double standard, that is. On Tuesday, longtime Duke University health care scholar Chris Conover testified before the General Assembly's new Joint Study Committee on the Affordable Care Act and Implementation Issues. Conover's...
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 11:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An analysis by a UNC School of Government professor suggests there's no clear-cut answer over whether changes in laws regulating voter registration and extending the time people are allowed to vote have affected turnout in recent decades.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 1970s were a hellish decade for this country. Inflation out the wazoo. Skyrocketing gas prices. Oil embargoes. Record unemployment. Communist aggression rampant around the globe.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 2:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Thursday, March 13th, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Glamour can play an important role in our decision-making process. Despite that fact, few people devoted much research time to glamour's impact until author and columnist Virginia Postrel produced the book The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion. Postrel shared her findings...
Published: Monday, March 10th, 2014 @ 7:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I enjoyed listening to Ronald Reagan as much as I did Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama --- all excellent orators and clear points on issues.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 11:36 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Pop quiz: what do you do when you are a politician who finds himself incapable of debating the merits of an opposing viewpoint?
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 5:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Sometimes our problems loom so large and seem so complex we can easily be disheartened or depressed about our state's future. And once sworn-in, our elected officials are constantly sworn at, like it is some kind of sport.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2014 @ 6:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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To address the concerns of smaller states, representation was equally assigned to all of the states in the Union. Every state got TWO.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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This summer I took calls from dozens of reporters across the country. A couple of questions were repeated time and again: How could North Carolina Republicans have moved so far to the right? How have the state's politics polarized so much when the Democratic Party barely has budged from its...
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the July jobs report for North Carolina came out last week, showing an uptick in the unemployment rate, all the usual suspects said all the usual things.
Published: Monday, August 26th, 2013 @ 11:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the first time in the history of the United States, the United States Government and their United States Treasury has suffered a debt-rating downgrade at the hands of the Standard and Poor's (S&P) rating service, to AA+.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 9:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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College students all over our state and country went nuts for Kay Hagan and Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. They voted for these two libs and worked tirelessly for them in both cycles. How did this devotion get repaid?
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2013 @ 4:00 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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