State Government | 2012 Archive

Over the past two years, the new Republican leadership shifted the legislature back a bit towards its original part-time status. Let’s continue the trend.

RALEIGH — In an order dated Aug. 7, U.S. District Court Judge Max Coburn denied Steve Cooksey’s request for a preliminary injunction against the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition, which Cooksey claims is stopping him from giving nutritional advice on his blog, Diabetes-Warrior.net.

RALEIGH — North Carolina's so-called "Amazon tax" fails on all counts and deserves to be repealed when state lawmakers return to work next year. That's the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.

RALEIGH — Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms or, in modern language, to own and keep guns. Commit a felony, and the government can limit your gun rights. But what happens once a felon has served his sentence? Attorney Dan Hardway addressed that question during a presentation this year for the John Locke Foundation titled “Felons, Firearms, and the Second Amendment.” Hardway also discussed the issue with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.

If we’re going to fund Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance with payroll taxes, then obviously they should be collected uniformly.

RALEIGH — Republican Secretary of State candidate Ed Goodwin accused incumbent Democrat Elaine Marshall of backing what he labeled a subversive organization with revolutionary goals during a candidate forum Thursday night.

Being the father of the bride is very much like being a taxpayer in North Carolina. You hear about big plans, and you're told what you think is important, but it isn't. Your job is to pay for everything.

RALEIGH — Democrat incumbent Beth Wood said she deserves re-election on the strength of her vigorous campaign against wasteful spending and sloppy, expensive state contracts. Her Republican opponent, Debra Goldman, attacked Wood as a poor manager with a spotty record of investigating corruption who has carried water for Gov. Bev Perdue.

Over the past two years, the new Republican leadership shifted the legislature back a bit towards its original part-time status. Let’s continue the trend.

A state that offers such great locations for film productions should not depend on targeted tax breaks to seal the deal.

Arguments about “devastation” and “destruction” of North Carolina’s public schools ignore the facts.

RALEIGH — The more technologically savvy method of navigating legislation was introduced as a pilot program during this summer’s short session. It is aimed at saving paper, paying for paper and supplies, and making the General Assembly operate more efficiently.