North Carolina’s state government must reduce costs and regulation on business, large and small, so that they can create jobs and prosperity.If the people of North Carolina entrust Republicans with a majority in the General Assembly on November 2, 2010, we commit to govern the State by focusing on these priorities:
1. Years of overspending by […]
State Republican leaders, fresh off their historic legislative victories Tuesday, are laying the groundwork for who will be at the helm of the Senate and the House when their majorities take office next January.
North Carolina GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer has been introducing Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, as the Senate president pro-tem in waiting, the choice […]
Because there hasn’t been a GOP legislature in North Carolina since the 1800s, the new Republican majorities have no shortage of policy initiatives to pursue in the 2011 legislative session.
In the past, most bills introduced by Republicans were either voted down on the floor by Democratic majorities or blocked from consideration by Democratic leaders. Now, […]
It’s been called the surprise of the night.
Out of nowhere, Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), the 18-term chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was edged out of office by 4,000 votes to a political newcomer in the biggest mid-term shift of power in 70 years.
The defeat ends Oberstar’s 30-year tenure on the U.S. House […]
On November 2, 2010, voters sent a clear message. The number one issue in North Carolina is the economy – jobs, jobs, jobs. Years of overspending by Democrats have given North Carolina the highest tax rates in the Southeast and an estimated budget deficit of at least $3 billion for next year. […]
Republicans made history on Election Day as they seized control of North Carolina’s legislature for the first time in more than a century.
Democratic leaders in both the state House and Senate conceded to their Republican counterparts late Tuesday.
Sen. Marc Basnight, the Democratic leader in the Senate, said he told Republican leader Sen. Phil Berger of […]
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx Among Four U.S. Mayors Named as Fellows by the Urban Land Institute Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use (Urban Land Institute)
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use has named Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and three other outstanding local community leaders to […]
Setting Government Straight (Gov. Perdue)
What is Regulatory Review?
Regulatory Review is Governor Bev Perdue’s newest initiative aimed at setting government straight. It is a new process that asks you – citizens, community groups, businesses, state employees, local governments or schools – to tell us what rules and regulations in state government don’t make sense.
The Governor has […]
Mayors attack high power bills (News and Observer)
SMITHFIELD The word coup jokingly came up several times in at a recent meeting of about a dozen Eastern North Carolina mayors.
Organized by Smithfield Mayor Daniel Evans and the mayors of Kinston and Elizabeth City, the gathering brought together mayors from public-power towns throughout Eastern North Carolina. And […]
More local ABC boards lose money (Associated Press)
RALEIGH More than twice the number of government-run liquor store operations in North Carolina failed to turn a profit in the past fiscal year as in the year before.
Statistics presented Wednesday to Gov. Bev Perdue’s state government reform committee showed 24 local boards reported operating losses for the […]
