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RALEIGH — After a protracted single day of bargaining and vote-whipping, the fifth special legislative session of 2016 was adjourned without taking action to repeal or modify controversial House Bill 2, the reason Gov. Pat […]

CHARLOTTE — On Wednesday morning the Charlotte City Council reported they fully repealed the ordinance they passed in February, clearing the way for the General Assembly to repeal the controversial House Bill 2 law. While […]

RALEIGH — In a Facebook post early Wednesday, North Carolina Republican Party executive director Dallas Woodhouse blasted Governor-elect Roy Cooper and the Charlotte City Council, saying both “lied to the public” about their intentions regarding […]

RALEIGH — The N.C. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the North Carolina State Bar state bar Wednesday in a decision that backed up Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett. Tillett filed a request to dismiss […]

RALEIGH — Donald R. van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, is set to meet with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team in New York today to discuss a position in […]

RALEIGH — The Democrats of the N.C. House of Representatives selected Rep. Darren Jackson (Wake) as new minority leader Monday. Former two term minority leader Rep. Larry Hall of Durham previously withdrew his name from […]

ANKARA, Turkey — The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot in the back and killed as he gave a speech at an Ankara art gallery on Monday by an off-duty police officer who shouted “Don’t […]

BERLIN — A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, police said.German media, citing police at the scene, […]

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Chamber president and CEO Bob Morgan supported the Charlotte City Council on this morning’s decision to repeal the nondiscrimination ordinance, he said in a statement.”We commend the Charlotte City Council for taking […]