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The NCAE, the North Carolina affiliate of the national teachers' union, is spearheading a political protest during instructional time at public schools across the state Monday, encouraging crowds of protesters to enter schools as soon as the morning bell rings.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 10:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At least one North Carolina elementary school is soliciting volunteers over the internet to watch students while teachers walk out of their classrooms to participate in a politically-motivated one-hour strike next week.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 10:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement today in response to the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit on North Carolina's election reform law.
Published: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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After our reporting came out, the AP confirmed that - as we said - (1) Harris is being advised by longtime Robin Hayes advisor Tom Perdue and that (2) a formal campaign announcement will be made on October 2.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Republican Gov. Pat McCrory took it on the chin twice this week as the General Assembly, controlled by his fellow Republicans, voted to override the only two vetoes stamped by the first-year governor.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed 33 bills today.
Published: Sunday, August 25th, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After a highly productive legislative long session, the North Carolina Senate concluded its substantive business early Friday morning after passing many long-overdue reforms to improve North Carolina's public schools, rebuild our economy and restore our place as a leader in job growth.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 3:42 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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Governor Pat McCrory signed comprehensive tax reform into law today.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 5:40 pm
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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Rob "Mr. Politics" Christensen - who has spent THREE decades at The N&O missing stuff like John Edwards's blonde with the camera, Mike Easley's corruption, and Dennis Wicker stiffing a pizza guy - thinks he has the state Senate's president pro tem ALL FIGURED OUT.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 11:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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GOP Gov. Pat McCrory called a tax reform compromise reached with legislative leaders "another historic step to ensure what I refer to often as a Carolina comeback." House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, said it was proof that that reports of the death of cooperation between the House and the...
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 2:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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This is the final week 70,000 jobless workers in North Carolina will receive a federal emergency unemployment compensation check. But Dale Folwell, the state official in charge of jobless benefits, says reports claiming that as many as 170,000 unemployed state residents might lose federal...
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate tax writers stepped closer Monday to reform proposals adopted by their House counterparts. The Senate Finance Committee's actions lifted hopes that a compromise could be pieced together before the General Assembly adjourns this summer.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an interview, Tillis said the two chambers need to breach a "philosophical" divide - one that may take days, if not longer, to reconcile.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 10:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A poll by the left-wing Public Policy Polling firm of Durham suggests that a grassroots, Tea Party-backed amateur candidate and the president pro tem of the State Senate would perform the strongest against incumbent US Senator Kay Hagan (D).
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state Senate, amid a rift among the chamber's leadership, gave its initial approval Thursday to a tax reform bill that would establish a flat tax, lower personal income taxes, and phase out the corporate income tax.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, Thursday, June 13, 2013, the NC Senate, led by President Pro Tem Phil Berger, took a bold move towards cleaning up state government.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 11:18 am
By: Fern Shubert
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Senate leader Phil Berger unveiled the latest tax reform plan Tuesday. It's a plan that would reduce the personal income tax, eventually eliminate...
Published: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 @ 11:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, I assessed the tax reform plan offered by Senate leader Phil Berger and his colleagues. While crediting the Senate plan for setting the proper goals...
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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For months, North Carolina's political establishment has been lying in wait for the state's new Republican leaders to act on their long-promised initiative...
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2013 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bill Clinton staged an incredible comeback in 1996, following the HillaryCare fiasco, by practicing triangulation -- positioning himself somewhere between the liberalism of his fellow Democrats and the conservatism of the Republicans.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2013 @ 2:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Senate leaders used a Tuesday press conference to announce their long-awaited tax proposal, a proposal that would lower personal and corporate income tax...
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We have been entrusted by you, the taxpayers of our state, to make fiscally and legally responsible decisions that are in the best interests of all North Carolinians.
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2013 @ 8:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory takes action on legislation and his proposed bedget for the state of North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger Tuesday unveiled the second phase of his education reform agenda, calling for an end to teacher tenure, placing a greater emphasis on literacy, pushing for accountability in...
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2013 @ 12:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate tentatively passed bi-partisan legislation Tuesday to put North Carolina on a path to a robust energy sector expected to lure thousands of jobs and generate billions of dollars for the state economy.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2013 @ 1:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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