• No turnaround. Triangle-area political pundits say Walter Dalton didn’t do what he needed to do in last night’s debate to shake up the race with Pat McCrory. McCrory consistently…
Okay, now we know. Yes, the governor has vetoed the budget. So on Monday, will the General Assembly override her veto, like they did on last year’s budget, along party…
N.C. Rep. Jim Crawford, D-Granville, has released his first television ad of the campaign season in the House District 2 Democratic primary, a race that’s sure to prove interesting: In…
Wes Westmoreland wins GOP Senate straw poll to replace the retiring Debbie Clary in Senate District 46 (Shelby Star) State Board of Elections clears Pat McCrory’s 2008 campaign of wrongdoing…
At Carolina Journal Online: “N.C. House Speaker Pro Tem Won’t Seek Another Term in 2012.” A third Republican announces for Senate District 18 in a quickly crowding GOP primary (M2M)…
The Wilmington Star-News reports: In unusual twist on campaigning, Tristan Patterson, the Republican candidate for the state House District 20 race, will enter the wresting ring Saturday night with his…
Follow up on the 59-59 vote to move the Annexation Reform bill (HB 524) back to Appropriations. Quick refresher: There are 120 members of the House; 68 Democrats, 52…
The House Finance Committee meeting continues. A few more amendments are considered, including John Blust’s proposal to prohibit annexations across county lines and Dale Folwell’s amendment, which would have authorized…
John Hood’s column today on the increased usage of certificates of participation by legislators to avoid getting voter approval for debt reminded me of one COP project I tried to…
A recent study by UNC shows that home prices are increasing faster than incomes in many coastal areas, specifically Brunswick County. And that is true, yet part of the problem…
At last count, Republican Hal Jordan has moved back in front of Democratic N.C. House Speaker Jim Black 51-49, with more than 80 percent of precincts reporting. The Associated Press…