by Kirk Kovach | Mar 21, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
Republicans in North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District need to come together, coalesce behind a candidate and begin raising money if they are going to take what should be a safe Republican seat away from an eager Dan McCready. Instead, they’re...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 18, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
After weeks of speculation over who would or wouldn’t vote against the president’s non-emergency emergency declaration, both of our Republican Senators sided with the president. While that ought not be a cause for shock, at least for Senator Burr, Senator Tillis’s...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 11, 2019 | 2020 elections, The Kovach Corner
Governor Cooper is not known for booming rhetoric, and in the same quiet way that he might deliver his speeches he has gone about dramatically shifting the balance of the North Carolina judiciary. Yesterday, Governor Cooper appointed North Carolina Court of Appeals...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 6, 2019 | Budget, Education, Politics, The Kovach Corner
Governor Cooper released his recommendations for the 2019-21 fiscal year budgets yesterday. As was expected, the proposed budget from Cooper highlighted his commitment to invest a notable amount of resources into education in North Carolina. Some top-line information...
by Kirk Kovach | Mar 1, 2019 | 2020 election, Politics, The Kovach Corner
The next best hope for North Carolina Republicans is, apparently, not too great at reading legislation from a General Assembly his own party controls. Current lieutenant governor and aspiring gubernatorial candidate Dan Forest shared a Fox News article from his...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 28, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
Last year, after years of litigation, struggle and failure, Republicans in the NCGA were finally successful in implementing voter ID. In lieu of a simple statute, they put onto the ballot a constitutional amendment; let the people decide! The amendment passed and, for...
