The Senate Committee on Judiciary I is meeting this morning about SB 306. SB 306 would repeal the Racial Justice Act and lift the moratorium on the Death Penalty here in North ... Keep Reading
Miscellaneous Issues
February 2013 Poll Results
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VIDEO: The Real Victims of the Racial Justice Act
On March 13, 2013 Sen Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover) filed legislation to restart the death penalty in NC and ensure justice will be served for more than 100 families whose loved ... Keep Reading
SB 125: Putting Teeth into Public Records and Open Meeting Laws
Let’s give three cheers for two North Carolina Senators. Last week state Sens. Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover) and Tom Apodaca (R-Buncombe) sponsored legislation (SB 125) to make it a ... Keep Reading
Missing Connection: WRAL and Blueprint NC, $1.7 million in support
When reporting on Blueprint NC’s leaked documents, WRAL was all over the story, with one exception: It somehow failed to mention in any of its stories that the owners of the ... Keep Reading
A Tale of Two Bridges
This article originally appeared in the Fayetteville Observer. Many scandals are about crimes and money, but equally destructive are scandals that corrode our sense of ... Keep Reading
Lobbyist Bob Hall and Gary Bartlett Planned Attack on Republican Legislature
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... Keep Reading
NC SBE – Who is really in charge and who do they work for?
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... Keep Reading
Make Your Representative Work for You
What would the ideal job look like for you? Would it be one in which you had free rein to do whatever your heart desired and were paid regardless of your productivity? Or would you ... Keep Reading
“Raise the Age” Raises Tough Questions
“The Devil is in the details” should be the theme of the Legislative Research Commission’s Age of Juvenile Offender Committee. This committee is meeting to discuss what to do about ... Keep Reading
