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 – Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) on Thursday announced his intended committee appointments for the 2021-22 legislative biennium. “The committee process is so vitally important to what the Legislature does on a daily basis. […]
RALEIGH — The N.C. Senate will have a female majority leader for the first time in the chamber’s history. N.C. Senate Republicans on Monday held internal leadership elections and nominated Gaston County Sen. Kathy Harrington […]
RALEIGH – Former state Sen. Michael Lee has reclaimed the seat he lost to Democrat Harper Peterson in 2018 by just 231 votes. Lee led election night results by less than 1,500 votes with absentee and […]
RALEIGH – Republican incumbent state Sen. Joyce Krawiec held off a challenge from Democrat Terri LeGrand to win another term in the N.C. Senate. Krawiec, who secured her fourth term in the chamber, prevailed after her […]
RALEIGH – Republican incumbent state Sen. Bob Steinburg defeated Democrat Tess Judge in the coastal 1st state Senate district. Steinburg, who jumped to the Senate after three terms in the state House, will return to […]
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 […]
Democratic incumbent state Sen. Kirk DeViere defeated Republican former state Sen. Wesley Meredith in a rematch of their 2018 race for the state’s 19th District. DeViere won by around 3,000 votes to return to Raleigh […]
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 — The North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday swiftly advanced a Republican proposal to spend another $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds, with almost half going to families in stimulus-style checks. Democratic Gov. […]
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