Folks on Jones Street, who talk to us, say that the Senate has been pitching offers to House leadership on the budget.
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 2:52 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I talked this week with one of my moles on Jones Street. This person was absolutely floored by the amount of public feedback in this whole debate on alternative energy mandates and subsidies.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Out of the blue, government goodies for solar energy providers has become the rage on Jones Street. No one really saw this coming.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2015 @ 2:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I never thought I’d see the Democrat Party actually be able to get to the right of Republicans on taxes.
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 11:37 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Well, the crotch-sniffing finished over on Jones Street today, and we have ourselves a new slate of candidates for the UNC Board of Governors.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 7:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Apparently, General Maximus has unleashed hell upon the powers-that-be within the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Some of the honorables on Jones Street — aided and abetted by the drive by media — are still pushing that myth about how cash-starved the state is for road construction money.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It seems the folks on Jones Street have kicked off one heck of an orgy - apparently in honor of the box office success of '50 Shades of Grey.'
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Legislators are being told one thing by McCrory's staff about the governor's policy positions, and then are hearing something totally different from the governor in media coverage.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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More than perhaps any other public facility the Legislative Building and Capitol are symbols of our government at work. While everyone owns them, no person or group has permanent rights to them.
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We've got some pretty big races for US House and US Senate on the November ballot here in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 11:24 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The NC House speaker's fan club is beside itself over the Tillis for Senate campaign's $1 million ad buy.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 6:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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House Republican leaders are considering creating two majority leader positions for the next legislative session in which they will command a supermajority.
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2012 @ 11:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When the GOP majority took over the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, we were promised an end to pay-to-play. Pay-to-play has typically meant the shakedown of lobbyists and other interested parties for campaign donations in exchange for legislative attention to their concerns.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 10:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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