Questions over unreported flights continue to plague Gov. Bev Perdue’s campaign even as she heads into a re-election fight in 2012 (N&O) Number of unaffiliated voters on the rise in…
Cornelius mayor announces for Senate District 41 seat, then backpedals (The Herald Weekly) U.S Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat from North Carolina, says that partisan bickering in Washington is impeding…
Coming up next month will be crucial votes that will determine whether or not the state’s forensic mental health center will move to High Point. Lots going on here, but…
State legislators return to Raleigh this month for a session devoted primarily to proposed constitutional amendments. The proposal that’s generating the most political heat would define marriage as the union…
Capital Beat’s Mark Binker notes how unusual it is for a General Assembly Democrat to buck the party line. That’s because Dems march in lockstep. In this particular case, High…
I first read about it over at Capital Beat; the Winston-Salem Journal reports: The state’s water quality division is revoking a key certificate for Alcoa Power Generating Inc., saying the…
People attending Monday’s Yadkin Valley Tea Party meeting in Mocksville heard from a pair of John Locke Foundation speakers. Executive Vice President Kory Swanson discussed JLF principles and values, while…
Capital Beat reports: (O)n the Senate Finance’s calendar is a bill that would require municipalities to go to a vote before borrowing in support of a publicly owned broadband system.…
National Review Online’s Jim Geraghty promoted this week in his “Morning Jolt” e-mail newsletter a Right Angles blog entry from John Locke Foundation Vice President for Communications Jon Ham. Ham…
Capital Beat passes along video of Sen. Kay Hagan addressing healthcare reform on the Senate floor. Watch it if you’ve got four minutes to spare, though I can go ahead…
Rumors are swirling around the Greensboro attorney Locke Clifford’s departure from Sen. Kay Hagan’s prosecutors’ screening panel indicates he is taking on former Gov. Mike Easley as a client. Easley…
The N&R follows up on a subject bandied about on the blogosphere for a while now: ‘reforming’ North Carolina’s tax system. JLF’s John Hood weighs in: The North Carolina Senate…