House Speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory had a big media event yesterday. They were touting the idea of separating education from the rest of the budget and passing the education part FIRST.
Published: Sunday, June 29th, 2014 @ 3:16 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I am hearing from quite a few folks who heard from Pat McCrory on their home telephones Sunday evening.
Published: Saturday, May 10th, 2014 @ 12:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis announced on Monday a unified strategy to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State House speaker and US Senate candidate Thom Tillis has been catching some flak from GOP activists — and finally from the mainstream media — for skipping out on candidate debates in the GOP primary race.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 11:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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Tax reform moved a step closer to the finish line Tuesday as the Republican-led state Senate gave its tentative approval to its modified plan by a 32-15 margin. While it's not clear whether Republican Gov. Pat McCrory backs the proposal, the GOP leader in the House says his...
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2013 @ 6:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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Internal Republican Party politics ignited by House Speaker Thom Tillis' pending departure and a philosophical battle between moderates and conservatives...
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina legislators seriously talked up tolls on I-95 in 2011 and 2012, but that idea got shot down by Renee Ellmers, Mike McIntyre, a number of legislators with districts along the interstate thoroughfare, and a huge outcry from the citizenry.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 @ 5:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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When statistics came out in early August that North Carolina high school graduation rates had topped 80 percent for the first time in memory, politicians from both sides of the aisle were quick to claim credit and point fingers.
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 @ 5:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some lobbyists recently received an email from the reelection campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis asking for money. State law prohibits lawmakers from soliciting lobbyists for campaign contributions.
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 @ 11:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The days of lawmakers rummaging through stacks of paper on their chamber desks could be numbered.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2012 @ 10:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kinston, NC native Stephen A. LaRoque, A Republican legislator in the NC House representing the 10th District, has been indictedeight criminal counts related to alleged theft from programs that receive federal funds.
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2012 @ 9:10 am
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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It began with the question "What if two NC Senators and a NC Representative came to our County and picked the candidate to run for the Senate seat that represents you, the voters of Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico Counties?"
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 6:41 am
By: Ken Lang
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Are they recruiting and supporting newly switched Democrats and RINO opportunists to run against conservative incumbents or principled new candidates?
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 10:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Some state legislators point to a case in Scotland County that cost a businessman thousands of dollars and affected his firm's unemployment credit rating as a prime example of why the penalty for unemployment fraud should be increased from a misdemeanor to a felony.
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 @ 7:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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