By Mark Binker RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters would likely back a pair of bond issues that would pay for transportation projects and state building improvements, according to a survey by TelOpinion Research conducted for the Renew North Carolina Foundation. Renew North Carolina is a 501(c)(4) group formed three years ago...
Carolina Rising, a North Carolina-based outside group, is airing two new spots touting GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis’s efforts to pass an autism insurance measure in the state House, where he serves as speaker. The group, set up as a tax-exempt nonprofit this year to highlight the work of the unpopular...
For Immediate Release Contact: Dallas Woodhouse 919-671-1050 dallaswoodhouse@carolinarising.org 9/12/2021 17 Year Veteran Public School Teacher Featured in, New “Better Schools Ad” $1.3 Million Effort Will Use Veteran North Carolina Educator To Praise Speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. McCrory’s Results On Teacher Pay And School Funding (Raleigh) -- Judy Wilburn, a veteran teacher of 26 years, seventeen in the...
For Immediate Release Contact: Dallas Woodhouse 919-671-1050 dallaswoodhouse@carolinarising.org 8/14/2014 Carolina Rising Releases Statewide, “A Little Brighter,” Back to School Advertising Campaign $1.5 Million Effort Will Educate Parents On Speaker Tillis and Gov. McCrory’s Efforts To Implement Large Teacher Pay Raise And School Improvements (Raleigh) As parents across North Carolina prepare to send their kids back to school,...
For Immediate Release Contact: Dallas Woodhouse 919-671-1050 dallaswoodhouse@carolinarising.org June 23, 2021 Carolina Rising Joining Democrats in Highlighting Coopers Failure on Coal Ash Carolina Rising Releases New Ad about Roy Cooper’s Petty Coal Ash Politics (Raleigh) Carolina Rising today released a new TV/web ad to inform the public about how Attorney General Roy Cooper is playing petty politics...
For Immediate Release Contact: Dallas Woodhouse 919-671-1050 dallaswoodhouse@carolinarising.org May 12, 2021 As Protesters Prepare To Return, Citizens Speak To Policy Changes Helping North Carolina Rise From Joblessness, Recession & Corruption Citizens Say New Polices Working, Helping Drop Unemployment Rate 39% Since 2011 GOP Budget, 29% Since First Monday Protest (Raleigh) As protesters prepare to return to Raleigh...
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, July 4, 2015. North Carolina’s Republican governor and Republican legislature might not agree on everything, but they saw eye-to-eye on how to fix the state’s ailing economy a few years ago. Now, the GOP is getting some good press about how its economic strategy is paying off. Stephen...
Gov. Pat McCrory continued his statewide push for putting $2.8 billion in bonds to improve highways and state buildings before voters in November. On Monday, he highlighted the bonds' impact on the Fayetteville area. Watch Video Here Reporter: Gilbert Baez Photographer: Michael Joyner Read more at WRAL ...
Even with lower rates, tax revenues have increased 6% this year, and the state has a $400 million budget surplus. By Stephen Moore Raleigh, N.C. Four years ago North Carolina’s unemployment rate was above 10% and the state still bore the effects of its battering in the recession. Many rural towns faced jobless...
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory and the GOP-led state legislature are at odds over the budget, Medicaid reform, Common Core, and other issues. Conservatives are disappointed with the McCrory administration’s continued defense of corporate giveaways, be they for Hollywood filmmakers or Advance Auto Parts. Senators disagree with the House budget’s reliance on optimistic...