According to a report in THE INSIDER, the state has been paying extraordiary car rental fees for State Board of Education Chairman Howard Lee. For the past two years, the state has been paying between $1,503 to $1,693 a month in car rental…
Do you need to be rich to run for office? It would seems so from the latest financial disclosure forms reported in the Raleigh News & Observer.
The Herald-Sun has finally covered the Republican Senate effort to repeal the estate tax, but is ignoring investigative reporting opportunities. Our two Senators are supporting repeal — have you asked them why? Perhaps Sen. Richard Burr could identify a North…
Big money rules the day on Jones Street, and that’s not good for the credibility of Democratic legislative leaders. Read this editorial published in the Raliegh News & Observer.
An op-ed in the Southern Pines Pilot sheds light on the influence buying activities of 527 Committees.
by Rob Christensen and David Raynor,
Raleigh News & Observer Staff Writers
Two years before the 2008 primaries for governor, the biggest buzz has been about state Treasurer Richard Moore’s emergence as the leading fundraiser.
Much of Moore’s money — 42 percent — has been raised out of state. A large part of it has come from companies hired by the treasurer’s office to help invest the state’s $65 billion portfolio.
Moore raised at least $108,000 in 2005 from financial companies on Wall Street and elsewhere that do business with the treasurer’s office. He received contributions from executives with such companies as Wellington Management and State Street Corp. of Boston, Ariel Capital Management of Chicago, the Quellos Group of Seattle and Raymond James & Associates of Tampa, Fla. All have a role in managing the state pension fund.
Much attention has been focused on contributions made to NC House Speaker, Jim Black. The top contributors to his political campaign are identified here.
In politics, money follows power.
That’s why heading into the 2006 election, Democrats in the N.C. General Assembly hold a wide edge over Republicans in campaign money, according to an Observer analysis of new finance reports.
Democratic lawmakers have nearly $2 million more as they start a campaign to keep control of the House and Senate.
The people appointed to the influential NC Lottery Commission have been big money contributors to state politicians for the past decade.
RALEIGH - North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black successfully prodded his fellow lawmakers to pass a lottery bill this year. At the same time, one of the two major gaming companies seeking to run the lottery was paying one of Mr. Black’s top political aides to track the legislation. (more…)
Controversy continues to swirl around the Political Action Committee Citizens for Higher Education, formed by prominent supporters of UNC Chapel Hill. The group led the efforts to convince legislators to give the campur power to operate outside the authority of…
The Charlotte Observer July 7, 2005
MBNA, bank combined rank 12th in gifts in past 15 years
Jim Morrill, Staff Writer
Bank of America’s acquisition of credit card giant MBNA could bring it
not only new clout in the financial industry but also in…
Seven North Carolina politicians have recieved a total of close to $75,000 in contributions from Tom Delay’s political action committee. Wondering what you can do about it?
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