One of three former campaign staffers for Gov. Bev Perdue pleaded guilty to a felony December 14. Matt Willoughby has a video report on the proceedings. Also available are three raw video files from the courtroom. One is Peter Reichard accepting the plea agreement. Another is Judge Donald Stephens admonishing Reichard. The third is Wake [...]
Proponents of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) health insurance exchanges will argue that the state setting up its own exchange, instead of the federal government, will give the state more flexibility and allow free market concepts into the exchange’s operation. Sadly, the idea of a “free market exchange” is a contradiction in terms. States will [...]
Who are the opponents of a voter ID requirement? If we rely only on mainstream media, we would believe that all minority groups, especially African Americans and registered Democrats, oppose any legislation requiring a voter to present photo ID in order to cast a vote. Consequently it may come as a surprise to learn that [...]
Documents obtained by the Civitas Institute suggest Gov. Bev Perdue is attempting to strong-arm North Carolina’s three major utility companies into supplying more expensive energy to their customers in the northeastern part of the state. In a political power-play to reward big business reminiscent of the handling of the Solyndra debacle that embarrassed the Obama [...]