Gov. Beverly Perdue won’t pursue selling the state’s liquor operations, saying Thursday that the one-time windfall from privatizing government-run stores would hardly quench North Carolina’s fiscal needs unless alcohol regulations were loosened.
A consultant hired by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission said the state would gain roughly $300 million in one-time money by selling licenses […]
RALEIGH – I had an admittedly unorthodox reaction to Gov. Beverly Perdue’s announcement last week that she would not propose privatizing North Carolina’s government-run liquor stores.
The governor sided with a large, diverse array of interest groups opposing the idea: local politicians who want to keep the revenue and patronage, beer and wine wholesalers who don’t […]
This week marks a new chapter in our state’s history. For the first time since 1870, Republicans will lead both chambers in the N.C. General Assembly. We assume leadership positions at a time of great challenges, tremendous responsibility and with the opportunity to be agents of remarkable change.
The list of important goals for North Carolina’s […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Sen. Linda Garrou used to have a key post in the Senate majority, a spacious corner office, extra research assistants and the ear of Senate leader Marc Basnight. People listened intently to what she said because she held sway on forming the state’s $19 billion budget.
Now, the longtime appropriations committee co-chair […]
Estal Fain had already rejected eight candidates for a job as a records analyst at a Chattanooga insurance company when a midlevel manager walked into his office.
“I think I’ve found the one you’re looking for,” she told him. “He’ll probably be my boss within a year.”
Fain hired 21-year-old Thom Tillis back in 1981, bypassing college […]
Republicans spent a long time yearning for power in the state capital.
Now that they have it, they have no plans to waste it, or take their time using it.
When the General Assembly convenes this week for another lawmaking session, the Republicans, who now control both the House and Senate, plan to quickly parlay their 2010 […]
When he was asked how this year’s historic legislative session will be different, incoming Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger couldn’t resist a quip.
“Well, I’ve never had as many of you show up for something like this before,” Berger laughed. “In fact, I couldn’t even give tickets away.”
For the past two sessions, Berger has been […]
Though two months of winter remain, the state Department of Transportation and some local governments have nearly depleted their annual budgets for handling snow and ice. The transportation department had already spent more than $25 million on managing slippery roadways through the end of last week, much of it during the major storm that began […]
