Paul “Skip” Stam Republican Leader North Carolina House of Representatives House Passes Healthcare Freedom Act Raleigh – The North Carolina House of Representatives today approved House Bill 2, the “NC Healthcare Protection Act”, by a vote of 66 to 50 on final passage. This legislation protects North Carolina citizens from the unconstitutional mandate to enroll […]
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January 17, 2011 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive State May Get No Pension Help From Washington By Anthony Greco RALEIGH — While no specific bailout plans are under consideration, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has introduced H.Res. 23, stating Congress’ opposition to any federal intervention meant to “bail out state and local government employee pension
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December 16, 2010 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive Public Employee Pension Debt Explodes By Karen McMahan RALEIGH — If government officials were forced to apply the same uniform accounting methods that private pension plan administrators must use to calculate liabilities, experts say the funding shortfall would be five times greater than the amount being reported
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RealClearPolitics November 11, 2010 A Preview of 2012 Redistricting By Sean Trende As bad as 2010 was for House Democrats, 2012 could be even worse. Republicans don’t have a lot of exposure, since most of their gains were in red territory. More importantly, Republicans will control more seats in redistricting than they have since the
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“Republican Leaders Hail Historic Election Results” Raleigh – An unusually large turnout at the polls Tuesday gave the Republicans a majority of 68-70 seats in the 120 seat NC House of Representatives. This historic election assured Republican control of the House for the first time since 1998. Republicans also wrested control of the NC Senate,
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THE ROCHE RECORD – Frank Roche, economist November 5, 2010 2012 – THE NEXT STEP BEGINS IN 2012 WE SOLIDIFY THE GAINS ACHIEVED IN 2010 November 2, 2010 was an historic day for the Republican party nationally and statewide here in North Carolina. A big thanks to all the candidates and a special congratulations to
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November 03, 2010 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive GOP Makes History by Securing Control of N.C. House, Senate By David N. Bass RALEIGH — Republicans made historic gains in the North Carolina legislature during Tuesday’s midterm election, gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly by comfortable margins for the first time since the
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October 28, 2010 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive Tax Foundation Ranks N.C. Business Tax Climate 10th Worst in Nation By CJ Staff RALEIGH — North Carolina earns the dubious distinction this week of joining the Tax Foundation’s list of the top 10 states with the worst business tax climates. The John Locke Foundation’s top budget
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Paul Stam Republican Leader North Carolina House of Representatives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “First things first for a GOP House” On Friday Under the Dome featured one of the top priorities of a GOP controlled majority of the North Carolina General Assembly – eminent domain. Below is their article: “State Republicans wrote a list of the eight
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