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Layers of hypocrisy

by Thomas Mills | Apr 28, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, NCGov | 1 comment

Many years ago, when I was young, impatient and impulsive, (as opposed to now when I’m old, impatient and impulsive) I threw a hammer in a fit of frustration. Unfortunately, I threw it straight into a clothesline and the clothesline threw it back. The claw hit me in...

Somebody’s lying again

by Thomas Mills | Jan 13, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGov | 8 comments

Uh, oh. Somebody’s lying again. According to an ethics complaint filed by ProgressNC Action, a company called McCrory and Company listed Gov. Pat McCrory as a partner on its website. In addition, in filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, Tree.com and...

And they’re off! What Hagan and Tillis need to do post Labor Day

by Thomas Mills | Sep 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate | 3 comments

Labor Day is over and election season officially kicks into high gear. As if to welcome it, Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan meet in the their first debate tomorrow night. While only a few people may actually watch the debate, the press will. Through that prism, people will...

Duke Energy and regulatory capture

by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 7, 2014 | Environment, NC Politics

Through regulatory capture, big donations, and officeholders’ fears of looking “anti-business,” corporations have gotten away with murder for decades. I say enough. It’s time to make big business serve society, not the other way around, and coal-ash cleanup is the...

The cost of loyalty

by Matt Phillippi | Apr 24, 2014 | Environment, Features, NC Politics, NCGov

Governor Pat McCrory’s ties to Duke Energy are well known here in North Carolina. McCrory worked for Duke for nearly 30 years before becoming governor, but a recent study by the National Institute on Money in State Politics show how deep the utility company’s...