Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue submits the following news release: Senate Democratic Leader: Legislative decision on governor’s race would undermine democratic process RALEIGH — As local board of elections continue…
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
You should know where JLF stands on N.C.’s mandate and subsidies for renewable energy and subsidies. We’ve written extensively about North Carolina’s renewable energy portfolio standards and what a bad…
House Bill 298, Affordable and Reliable Energy Act was the only bill heard in the House Public Utilities Committee today. When a mandate for utility companies to derive 12 ½%…
Dollars flowing to North Carolina from Washington are not free. They’ve been portrayed as such from a lot of opponents of GOP-sponsored bills blazing their way through the General Assembly…
Way back in summer 2010, the General Assembly dallied with a measure which would have gotten North Carolina into the biotech venture capital biz. You know, biotech venture capital being…
In a hastily called meeting of the House Public Utilities Committee, debate continues on the original takeover bill. Senate Bill 967, Yadkin River Trust. There is yet another revision, a…
With the clock ticking towards the end of the fiscal year, the legislature must pass a budget (which is unlikely) or a continuing resolution to keep state government going on…
Facing a primary challenge from Charlotte lawyer Nick Mackey, Huntersville state Rep. Drew Saunders today joined Charlotte’s own Beverly Earle and 10 other Dems in voting to censure Wilmington state…
Coming right at you. No surprise that the state Democratic Party Council of Review threw out the results of the December 6 county vote that selected Nick Mackey to be…
…and when did she know it? The N.C. Legislative Black Caucus claims it is ready to meet the new year with a clean set of books. Except that the audits…
…will Beverly Earle return the money convicted felon Jim Black gave her? It is only $1000 but it is tainted nonetheless. Fellow county delegation member state Rep. Drew Saunders (D)…