Local Business Owner on the Impact of Fuel Prices
Facing Lake Wheeler Road, small-business owner Scott Byers uses his marquee to express his political views. Every day I drive past a gas station and convenience store, the Grocery Boy Junior. About...
View ArticleThousands Sign Petition for North Carolina to Secede
North Carolina is one of seven states to have the necessary 25,000 signatures to submit a petition to secede and become a sovereign independent government. The petition is available at the White House...
View ArticleGov Perdue Decides on State-Federal Health Exchange
Governor Bev Perdue today said it was her intent to form a state-federal partnership to run a health exchange under Obamacare. It was one of three choices, the others being a state run exchange or...
View ArticleNC “Fix the Debt” Group Says More Revenue Will Have to be Part of Debt Reduction
The North Carolina chapter of a national “Fix the Debt” coalition was launched in Raleigh. The new group wants immediate action in Congress to avoid the “fiscal cliff” approaching next year. The...
View ArticleThe Devil is in the Details
“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 go about last year’s “Raise...
View ArticleSen. Goolsby Talks About SB 306 and Racial Justice Act
Sen. Goolsby (R-New Hanover) takes a few minutes to talk about the Racial Justice Act and how it is affecting families who have had loved ones murdered. Tomorrow, May 28th, House Judiciary...
View ArticleSB 306 “Capital Punishemnts/Amendments” Passes through Committee and Families...
The Racial Justice Act (which is a part of Senate Bill 306) is now one step from being repealed in the North Carolina General Assembly. House Judiciary B took a vote Wednesday and SB 306 is headed to...
View ArticleHouse Bill 725: Weak on Answers
House Bill 725, the Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act, cleared a hurdle in the North Carolina House of Representatives yesterday, passing the Judiciary Subcommittee A. It is now heading to the...
View ArticleMissed Opportunities Monday
The Monday protests have managed to get publicity — but they have missed chances to do more important things. Isn’t that really what happened with Baby Boomers? They were handed the richest, most...
View ArticleSomething Welfare Recipients Can Be Happy About: Drug Tests and Background...
In theory, no one wants to be on welfare. While everyone is keenly aware that life can have some rough patches, no one wants to live in a society where families are dependent on public assistance. We...
View ArticleHouse Resolution 1020: What’s Your Location?
“10-20” — “What’s your location?” — is what you will hear over law enforcement radio pretty often. Today in the North Carolina House of Representatives 10-20 has a whole new meaning. House Resolution...
View ArticleAttorney General’s Statement about Marcus Robinson Case, Racial Justice Act,...
Erik Tornblom was a rising senior at Douglas Byrd High School in Cumberland County. On July 20, 1991 Erik worked at his summer job at a restaurant from 6 p.m. until midnight. On the morning of July 21,...
View ArticleShould We Even Consider "Banning the Box?"
This morning we are hearing about another case of a church volunteer being inappropriate with a child in a church facility. While we all want to believe that people who want to work with children have...
View ArticleWill Convicted Felon and Home Leave Participant be Arrested While Out for...
Changes have been made to the Prisoner Home Leave Program but there are still questionable convicts being released on the weekend. One of the new rules to the policy was that the District Attorney had...
View ArticleRacial Justice Act Case Headed to State Supreme Court
The News and Observer reported today that a Racial Justice Act case is headed to the state Supreme Court. According to the article, “Prosecutors will be challenging a Cumberland County judge’s 2012...
View ArticleGov. McCrory Vetoes First Bill – HB 392 Drug Testing for Public Assistance
Gov. McCrory just vetoed his first bill of the 2013 Legislation Session. The bill he vetoed is HB 392 “Warrant Status/ Drug Screen Public Assistance.” Civitas recently reported on the bill when it...
View ArticleHB 392 Becomes Law and Measures for Drug Testing and Background Checks for...
The NC General Assembly this morning voted to override two bills that had previously been vetoed by Gov. Pat McCrory. One of the bills Civitas has been reporting on was a bill that would drug test...
View ArticleJuvenile Crime in North Carolina Trending Downward
WRAL posted an article today quoting Roy Cooper talking about the 2012 Crime Statistics. The initial reaction to the 2012 Annual Summary statistics is one of joy. It looks like overall crime is on its...
View ArticleRacial Justice Act Cases Head to North Carolina Supreme Court
Imagine turning your car radio on and hearing that your loved ones’ convicted murderer will now have his case heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Friday afternoon some victims’ families learned...
View ArticleLocal Government Frustrations
Dear City of Rocky Mount, I received a letter from you in the mail saying, “You are invited to attend an information meeting to be held on Thursday, October 17, 2013…The purpose of this meeting is to...
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