American politician from North Carolina
Liquor reform in North Carolina was never about alcohol. What was it about? According to Carolina Journal editor John Trump’s most recent opinion piece, it was about “jobs, the economy,…
This bill would free up craft distilleries from burdensome rules that many of their peers in other states don't have to deal with. This could be particularly helpful for North…
Reforming North Carolina’s alcohol rules isn’t just about making the big decision about moving on from government control under an unnecessarily complicated ABC control system. It’s also about modernizing here…
Carolina Journal‘s John Trump reports: The stack of bills from N.C. lawmakers looking to reform and modernize the state’s 80-year-old liquor laws is growing. In the Senate, lawmakers filed Senate…
Executive Summary In 2017, North Carolinians were alerted to the discharge of a relatively new, unregulated chemical compound called “GenX” as well as other, similar compounds in the Cape Fear…
Here is a press release that was sent out this morning from the NC Senate President Pro Tempore’s office: Raleigh, N.C. – Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) on Tuesday announced…
Started by Senator Hugh Webster in the 1990s, every other year during the long session the General Assembly has ‘Tomato Sandwich Day’. Today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.…
A press release came out from the NC Senate boasting about giving a failing program an additional $5 million for corporate welfare. I’m so glad I pay taxes so lawmakers…
N.C. Senate leaders are proposing a lower corporate tax rate, use of the “single sales factor” for corporate taxes, a special program for recruiting large-scale manufacturers, and tweaks to the…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports here on a North Carolina regulatory issue that makes the state the arbiter of what is “fair” competition. Distilleries across North Carolina are hoping to…
The N.C. Values Coalition issued the following news release on Thursday. ——————————————————- Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Values Coalition released today their 2014 Pro-Family Scorecard. The Scorecard scores members…
For Tax Increase Against Tax Increase Austin M. Allran Bob Atwater Doug Berger Phil Berger Stan Bingham Harris Blake Dan Blue Andrew C. Brock Harry Brown Peter S. Brunstetter Chris…