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Ex-NC lawmaker gets probation for campaign money scheme

August 17, 2021 Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — A former North Carolina state lawmaker was sentenced Tuesday to probation and ordered to pay a fine for an unlawful scheme to siphon campaign dollars to his family farm. David Lewis, the former […]

Plea agreement of former Rep. David Lewis accepted

August 26, 2020 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — A federal judge on Wednesday accepted the guilty plea of a longtime North Carolina state lawmaker who acknowledged conducting a scheme to funnel campaign dollars to his ailing farm. David Lewis, 49, who […]

Rep. Destin Hall appointed co-chair of N.C. House Rules Committee

August 3, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – State Rep. Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) was appointed co-chair of the N.C. House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House on Monday by Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain). Rep. Hall joins […]

Rep. David Lewis announces retirement from N.C. House

July 24, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Friday afternoon, State Rep. David R. Lewis (R-Harnett) announced that he will be withdrawing his name from the November General Election ballot, finishing out his term after 18 years serving in the General […]

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Legislative building to open next week to public

May 15, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — The public can return to North Carolina’s legislative complex to watch the General Assembly conduct business when it reconvenes its annual session after a two-week break, but health precautions will continue. The Legislative […]

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Harnett County facility helps fight COVID-19 with PPE production

May 8, 2020 North State Journal Staff

LILLINGTON – This week, Saab Defense & Security USA announced the addition of production lines at its Lillington, North Carolina facility to produce Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Saab will fulfill orders to produce non-surgical isolation […]

U.S. Supreme Court halts redrawing of N.C. election maps

January 18, 2018 admin

RALEIGH — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a lower court’s order for North Carolina to redraw its congressional maps. The Supreme Court granted a request by state legislators to suspend a Jan. 9 order […]

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Federal court rejects NC’s congressional maps

January 10, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — On Tuesday evening, a three-judge panel voided the Republican-drawn congressional district map passed in August. The judges said that Republicans drew the maps to intentionally give them an advantage for GOP “domination of […]

Cooper vetoes elections bill, signs budget changes

October 10, 2017 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Republican lawmakers at the General Assembly are saying that Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of an elections bill Monday is based on rumors, not the bill language. Cooper vetoed H.B. 656, which made it […]