Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has announced that his state is expanding its efforts to remove diversity, equity and inclusion funding from public universities. It’s part of a broader Higher Education Reform…
Anthony Greco’s latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive reveals that former N.C. Sen. A.B. Swindell, D-Nash, has set up a legal defense fund to fight the defamation suit filed by the…
Michael Decker says he was beset by health problems as a result of conspiring with Jim Black to defraud the people of the North Carolina. Don’t know if that was…
The General Assembly is inching forward with legislation that would require that the donors to legal defense funds be known to the public. Recall that we still do not know…
Somebody needs to tell Jim Black that judges can read. Prosecutors too. Spreading the word to long-time enablers like Cameron Harris that the only reason you pleaded guilty to something…
There is now officially no reason for the secret fund. A new opinion from N.C. Elections Director Gary Bartlett makes clear that Jim Black can use his campaign coffers to…
Oh, yippee! Here comes news that the Teamsters have given $5,000 to Speaker Jim Black’s legal defense fund. Wouldn’t you like to know who else has given money to pay…
Jim Black is getting $30,000 in state money to pay his legal bills. Money that is not instead going, say, to a broken criminal court system in Mecklenburg. Black wanted…
Daren, do you think government (i.e. taxpayers) should be footing any or all of the legal expenses for Black?
The matter of Speaker Jim Black’s legal defense fund is a pretty clear test of where you stand on open and honest state government. There should be no secret cash…