
| Fox News | Wow: Nearly 70 percent of adoption credit claims were audited by IRS, report finds |
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| Gov. Perry | This: [Press Release] Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Decision by the Boy Scouts of America |
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| NYT | Hmm: Huma Abedin Is an Unexpected Driving Force in Weiner’s Comeback |
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| KOMO | Awful: Cars, people sent tumbling into Skagit River as I-5 bridge collapses |
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| Politico | Media Watch: The Sharyl Attkisson approach |
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It’s sorta like the Sandra Fluke manufactured “controversy” over “access” to birth control mixing with the religious exemptions issue – except on a local scale, with narcissistic North Carolina “feminists” in the starring role(s). Via the Raleigh News and Observer: RALEIGH — A bill allowing private employers to refuse to cover contraception in their health insurance plans [...]
In light of the recent events surrounding the Kermit Gosnell trial, I found this interesting: For the second time in six years, a southeast Charlotte abortion clinic has reopened a short time after the state forced it to shut down because of safety issues, most recently the improper administration of a drug that terminates pregnancies. [...]
Via the Raleigh News and Observer (bolded emphasis added by me): In a signpost pointing to health insurance changes under the nation’s new health care law, North Carolina’s largest insurer has warned of steep rate increases for customers who have typically paid below-average premiums. A third of Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s customers who buy [...]
Via ABC News: President Obama will nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new Transportation secretary on Monday, a White House official said. Foxx, who has served as mayor of Charlotte since 2009, has overseen several major infrastructure initiatives in the city and rose to prominence after bringing the Democratic National Convention to Charlotte last [...]
Bad news for Democrat politicos and their liberal activist allies using this particular scare tactic against NC residents (bolded emphasis added by me): RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – New data from the State Board of Elections show far fewer voters lack photo identification than critics of a voter ID bill suggest. The new information roughly halves [...]
Via the Charlotte Observer: RALEIGH With his family and the governor looking on, and tearful testimonials from some of those he’s touched, the Rev. Billy Graham was honored as North Carolina’s “favorite son” Wednesday by the General Assembly. The House and Senate each passed resolutions honoring the 94-year-old Graham and his late wife, Ruth. “We’re [...]
Charlotte’s Mayor and friend-of-Obama Anthony Foxx made a somewhat surprising announcement here yesterday that he would NOT be seeking re-election for Mayor this fall: After an early morning announcement that rocked Charlotte and raised more questions than answers, Mayor Anthony Foxx said he is leaving office at the end of the year to spend more [...]
Via ABC11/WTVD: RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis’ office said Thursday that a resolution asserting North Carolina has the power to set an official state religion is dead, and won’t go any further. The resolution, filed by two Republicans from Rowan County, declared “each state is sovereign and may independently determine how the [...]
A brouhaha is erupting both in this state and nationwide over reports that the state of North Carolina wants to “establish a state religion” by way of a “bill” introduced in the state house. I’m hoping to clear up some confusion about this as our local Democrat-friendly mainstream media seems to want to throw misleading [...]
The Charlotte Observer, citing reports from the Bloomberg News service, writes that Foxx is indeed in the running to replace out-going Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood: President Barack Obama is considering Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx for secretary of transportation, according to two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. Foxx declined to comment [...]