When NC House Speaker Thom Tillis was pressed on concerns over State Treasurer Janet Cowell’s handling of the state pension fund in 2011, the Mountain Xpress reports, “Tillis replied that State Treasurer Janet Cowell is one of the most competent elected officials he knows. Voicing his confidence in her, he said, “I don’t believe all […]
Agenda 21 is a UN resolution which outlines a global framework for managing resources, commodity consumption, and human population growth for levels that are considered sustainable. The resolution consists of action planks for national and local government implementation, such as: encouraging or discouraging (through social and economic incentives) the harvesting of food products based on the […]
“We’ve all heard of the NSA. Now, your school districts at the local level are collecting data on your kids every single day,” Whitney Neal told members of the Lake Norman Conservatives, a Cornelius-based civic action group. Neal is the Director of Grassroots Outreach for FreedomWorks and a former 8th grade school teacher; she visited […]
Two North Carolina commercial fishing associations have announced their intent to file a lawsuit against several NC and federal regulatory agencies over their method of implementation of the Endangered Species Act. The groups feel that the currently implemented sea turtle protection mandates are narrowly targeted at the commercial fishing sector while other sectors known to […]
For years, the North Carolina commercial fishermen have been bearing the brunt of attempts from outside interests to seize control of North Carolina residents’ food supply. The industry is being fined and regulated out of existence for admitted personal gain. This is a report that outlines only a portion of what NC fishermen have gone […]
Prior to the first meeting of the North Carolina Common Core Study Committee, NC legislators received hordes of emails from activists attempting to emphasize just how horrendous the standards are by including egregious examples from curriculum handouts now popping up from around the nation because of Common Core. However, it was made clear to legislators […]
Friday, the RNC passed a packet of sweeping rule amendments. There were 9 votes against. All other committee members’ votes went in favor of the rule changes, as the votes in opposition were subtracted from the entire number of committee members in order to calculate the affirmative vote total. From witness accounts, the opposition votes […]
The Republican National Committee will meet in DC this week to hold what is likely to be the final vote on amending the rules governing the 2016 election process, a subject that has been at the forefront of debate at each RNC meeting over the past year. The RNC Rules Subcommittee, a 17-member group which […]
On Tuesday, January 7th, the NC-GOP Executive Committee of the 31st district (Forsyth and Yadkin counties) will hold a special election for a suggested Republican Party candidate to fill the now-open seat of NC Sen. Pete Brunstetter. In a statement released today, pro-Constitution executive committee member Mitchel Farris has declared his candidacy intent. The letter […]
Recently, we saw a drastic drop in the test scores of North Carolina public school students. It has been stated by NC education officials that the drop is due to more rigorous standards, and that we should expect an increase in test scores over the next couple of years; however, states that have had the […]
