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The war on public higher education

Anonymous on July 19, 2012 - 11:42am

North Carolina is far from the only state whose  public colleges and universities are struggling with huge cuts in public funding. As this Reuters article explains, it’s a national phenomenon and one that is, in the eyes of anyone other than … Read More...

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Tillis advises LaRoque to step down (with update)

Anonymous on July 19, 2012 - 10:18am

N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis told indicted N.C. Rep. Stephen LaRoque he may want to consider submitting his resignation.
LaRoque was indicted Tuesday on eight federal charges and stands accused of stealing federal money from two economic development non-profits he … Read More...

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Excerpts from the LaRoque indictment

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 5:32pm

Policy Watch’s  Sarah Ovaska will have more on this story Wednesday, but here are a few excerpts from the federal grand jury’s indictment handed down Tuesday that charges Rep. Stephen LaRoque with misappropriating money from the nonprofits that he operates.… Read More...

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Breaking News: State Rep. Stephen LaRoque indicted

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 4:12pm

WRAL.com reports that State Rep. Stephen LaRoque of Lenoir County – a powerful member of House Speaker Thom Tillis’ leadership team and co-chair of the House Rules Committee — has been indicted by the federal government for stealing money from … Read More...

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NC’s dwindling public investments – five charts that paint the picture

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 3:33pm

The Great Recession slowed down job growth in North Carolina but it didn’t slow down population growth.
A new chart series from the folks at the N.C. Budget & Tax Center shows how large the gap has become when you … Read More...

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Senate has taken a reasonable approach on health benefits exchange

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 1:34pm

If you read the news lately you might think that Sen. Phil Berger has taken the approach of South Carolina or Louisiana in rejecting a state-based health benefits exchange. As a reminder, an exchange is an organization that will allow … Read More...

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You’d really think they’d be embarrassed to do this

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 11:15am

The folks over on Right Wing Avenue are sponsoring a “watchdog training” here in Raleigh later this month at which the headliner is the very troubled troublemaker James O’Keefe.

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More on the new, shorter school year

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 9:30am

As last week’s edition of the Weekly Briefing reported, one of the sketchiest things to emerge from the closing hours of the 2012 legislative session, was an amendment inserted into this year’s “technical corrections” bill at the behest of the … Read More...

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Polls are open for today’s runoff elections – whether you know it or not

Anonymous on July 17, 2012 - 7:54am

Even with five statewide races on the ballot, voter turnout is expected to be very light – perhaps in the single digits – for today’s 2nd primary election.
Republicans will be deciding on their candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of … Read More...

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Phil Berger’s tweet-happy son

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 2:38pm

The worldwide explosion of social media like Facebook and Twitter in recent years gives rise to some interesting questions about what is and isn’t appropriate for politicians and other public servants who use these platforms while on the job.
On one level, it’s obviously no … Read More...

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