Donald Trump knows he did not win the 2020 presidential election. The man has long displayed a malignant and all-consuming narcissism, but he’s no dummy. Uttering statements and making claims that sound at least plausible to some and that he wishes in his heart were true (but that he knows to be false) has always been his stock-in-trade.
The N.C. Senate passed a bill to bring much-needed balance to unelected boards and commissions.
Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and Senate Finance Committee co-chairmen Sens. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick) and Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus) filed legislation to further reduce North Carolina’s personal income tax rate.
In an effort to bring much-needed balance and accountability to unelected boards and commissions, today Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) along with Sens. Warren Daniel (R-Burke) and Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick) filed a bill to reconstitute the membership of nine boards and commissions.
Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) released the following statement about the consensus revenue forecast showing the state has a one-time $3.25 billion surplus:
Fans of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina have been touting a recent change in attitude from the Senate’s top officer. He has dropped his steadfast opposition to expansion.
Christmas came early for justice in North Carolina. Two days before Christmas, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a one-page order on the issue of recusal. The NACCP had asked the Court to involuntarily recuse Justices Phil Berger Jr. and Tamara Barringer from NAACP v. Moore because Justice Berger’s father was a nominal defendant and Justice Barringer served in the legislature that passed the challenged legislation.
Leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly invite North Carolina high school students to apply for the 50th Annual Youth Legislative Assembly (YLA).
Gov. Roy Cooper wants a provision to curb a governor’s powers removed from state budget plans. Cooper, a Democrat, responding to a question during a press conference Wednesday, Aug. 18, said he plans to talk with Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, as well as House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, about his concerns.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and the Senate’s top officer are calling out Charlotte-Mecklenburg school leaders, after the state’s second-largest school system paid $25,000 to a top proponent of Critical Race Theory.
The Republican philosophy for North Carolina is apparent to any mildly informed observer not predisposed to blind partisanship. After all, we’ve adhered to it for more than a decade.
Addressing the N.C. Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Summit, State Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, said the more than $4.5 billion surplus tax revenue North Carolina has in its coffers is both a “blessing and a curse.”
