A federal judge has rejected Perdue Farms’ request for an injunction blocking federal labor officials from hearing a whistleblower complaint from Robeson County originally filed 10 years ago. US District Judge Terrence Boyle issued an order Tuesday denying Perdue’s motion for an injunction against the US Department of Labor and poultry farmer Craig Watts.
In these political times the last rationalization of liberals tired of losing is the cry that everything they don’t like legislatively is because of the “gerrymander.” On NBC, CNN and MSNBC in May 2023, Gov. Roy Cooper said: “Technologically, diabolical gerrymandering. Some of the worst in the country.” He didn’t like limitations on abortion or...
The North Carolina House recently voted 78-31 in favor of a resolution urging Congress to oppose a proposed Securities and Exchange rule that could potentially hurt small farms.. Lawmakers say the rule would require small farms to report their greenhouse gas emissions, something they are not equipped to do.
A bill filed in the North Carolina Senate on the traditional April 15 tax deadline day would make tax and spending limits a part of the North Carolina Constitution, if voters approve it in 2022. Sens. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick; Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus; and Warren Daniel, R-Burke, are sponsors of Senate Bill 717, Taxpayer Bill of...
The Republicans have enjoyed majorities in both bodies of the General Assembly for nearly seven years now, and pretty soon Phil Berger and Tim Moore will be asking for two more. This is an appropriate time to assess their performance on the economy. Even under the Perdue and Cooper governorships, policy outputs were shaped greatly by House and Senate Republicans, and they have been...
According to two recent national studies, North Carolina has made substantial progress in the management of our highway system.
What our economy needs now is more capitalism — by which I mean more risk-takers willing to invest their private capital in North Carolina.
RALEIGH — Gov.-elect Pat McCrory promised Thursday to scrutinize the efficiency and accountability of government departments and programs, while vowing to work across political and geographical boundaries to create more jobs and bring “a mayor’s attitude” of problem-solving to Raleigh.
By crafting a 2012-13 budget plan without a tax increase, the General Assembly did the right and responsible thing.
RALEIGH — The top priority for the 2012 short session, which begins today, will be fine-tuning the state’s approximately $20 billion General Fund budget. Among other actions, lawmakers may compensate victims of the state's long-abandoned eugenics program, fund a Medicaid shortfall, and work on education reform.
There were actually two attempts over the past year to make a certain statistic, one percent, into a political cause here in North Carolina.
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