RALEIGH — House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) wore an ear-to-ear smile when asked about his wife and their six-year-old daughter. “She’s in kindergarten. We started kindergarten this year,” said Bell, adding that his daughter […]
RALEIGH — A bill filed in the North Carolina House seeks to help bars and clubs kept closed by Gov. Roy Cooper’s pandemic executive orders by extending permit deferrals. House Bill 4, titled Extend ABC […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s legislature officially begins Wednesday, Jan. 13 for its 2021-22 biennium session, and, as is the case after any major election year, many new faces are present representing districts across the state. […]
RALEIGH — Democrats who won North Carolina House seats last month chose Rep. Robert Reives on Thursday to be their leader for the next two years. The incoming House Democratic Caucus, meeting both in person […]
RALEIGH – Republicans will extend their control of the General Assembly for another two years. Unofficial results show the party will maintain majorities in both chambers following a round of redistricting in 2019. They will […]
RALEIGH — In 2018, Democrats were able to break a Republican supermajority in both chambers of the N.C. General Assembly by flipping nine seats in the House and six in the Senate, mostly by focusing […]
RALEIGH — Former North Carolina Rep. Melanie Wade Goodwin, who was the state’s first lawmaker to give birth while holding office, has died at age 50, her husband announced Wednesday. Goodwin died Tuesday evening “with […]
RALEIGH – Last week, WRAL accused state Rep. Perrin Jones (R-Pitt) and other Republican lawmakers of perpetuating “social media rumors” and “conspiracy theories” about COVID-19 data. In an article dated Aug. 11, Jones, an anesthesiologist […]
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 […]
WINSTON-SALEM — Four-term North Carolina state Rep. Debra Conrad will resign her seat this week, with the possibility of returning to Raleigh soon as a lobbyist. Conrad, a Forsyth County Republican, wrote Speaker Tim Moore […]
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