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Proposal would give politically connected nonprofit unprecedented control of NC charter school expansion funds

Jun 19 2015 - 10:29am

A recent state House budget proposal would give Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (Parents), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advocates charter school expansion, the right to distribute $2 million of taxpayer money to nascent charter schools in North Carolina over the next two fiscal years.

Reynolds American increases political giving in 2014

May 7 2015 - 12:46pm

Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI), the second-largest U.S. tobacco company and based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has disclosed its political spending numbers for 2014. The company began reporting political donations in 2012 in response to a shareholder who requested “greater transparency.”

 

Duke Energy, Koch brother among top donors to Republican Governors Association

Mar 10 2015 - 11:49am

Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey and potential 2016 presidential candidate, chaired the Republican Governors Association from November 2013 to November 2014, helping raise $102 million for the political group dedicated to electing GOP governors.
 

State senator files bill that would defund group that spent $200,000 against him last year

Jan 29 2015 - 3:59pm

N.C. Policy Watch found yesterday that the second bill of the 2015 session of the North Carolina legislature, filed by Senator Ralph Hise (R-47), would reduce the funding of the State Employees Association (SEANC), a centrist trade association that, along with its political action committee (Employees PAC), spent money to unseat Hise in last year's Republican primary election.

NC lawmaker leaves Democratic Party after winning re-election with help from GOP-leaning groups

Jan 8 2015 - 3:00pm

North Carolina State Rep. Paul Tine, who won re-election in Eastern North Carolina’s District 6, recently announced he’s leaving the Democratic Party, registering as unaffiliated and planning to caucus with Republicans.

Post-election RSLC report shows continued giving from N.C. corporations

Dec 9 2014 - 12:48pm

The Republican State Leadership Committee, the D.C.-based super PAC that has funded big North Carolina political spenders such as Justice for All NC, filed its post-general election report with the IRS recently. The period covers all of October and most of November. 
 

Justice Cheri Beasley wins recount in N.C. Supreme Court race

Nov 25 2014 - 10:56am

Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley has won a recount for her high court seat. Challenger Mike Robinson has 24 hours to request another recount. Of the four Supreme Court races on this year's ballot, Beasley's saw the second-highest outside money total, at nearly $434,000.

The Return of Real Jobs NC

Nov 4 2014 - 9:22am

After two years of silence, the committee that spent nearly $900,000 supporting conservative candidates in 2012 has emerged again.

New outside PAC enters the fray

Oct 28 2014 - 3:43pm

Supporters of North Carolinas Skilled Nursing Facilities, a new independent expenditure PAC, recently filed reports documenting close to $53,000 in spending on behalf of six Republican state legislators.

Republican State Leadership Committee sends $400,000 more to Justice for All NC just over a week before election day

Oct 28 2014 - 10:28am

The D.C.-based Republican State Leadership Committee has given $400,000 to Justice for All NC, a North Carolina-based super PAC that has already spent heavily in one of this year's state Supreme Court races.