RALEIGH — Former state Sen. Wesley Meredith (R-Cumberland) announced last week that he would run against current state Sen. Kirk DeViere (D-Cumberland). DeViere defeated Meredith by 433 votes in 2018. Meredith was one of six […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators are still shaping proposals for the state’s congressional map as the General Assembly reconvened Tuesday in response to a judicial ruling encouraging approval of replacement lines. A joint House-Senate committee […]
RALEIGH — A probe that began in December 2018 into how Gov. Roy Cooper’s office handled a $57.8 million mitigation fund for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline is seeing renewed activity. Hearings on the pipeline […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state’s congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections, ruling that voters had a strong likelihood of winning a lawsuit that argued Republicans unlawfully manipulated […]
RALEIGH — A three-judge panel on Monday approved so-called remedial maps drawn by the legislature after the same court ruled the prior maps to be an unconstitutional political gerrymander. Following the court’s first ruling, the […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina has some of the best overall internet connectivity rates in the Southeast, but some areas still have no internet access at broadband-speed levels, according to the Federal Communications Commission. The areas […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly could soon be done wrestling with legislation this year, but that doesn’t mean they’ll pin down a broad budget law or path forward on Medicaid expansion. Lawmakers returned […]
RALEIGH — Republican legislative leaders are trying to move from state court to federal court a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina congressional map drawn in 2016. The GOP lawmakers filed a notice Monday in a […]
RALEIGH — The ongoing investigation of Gov. Roy Cooper and his administration over a controversial settlement agreement involving permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is nearing its end. On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican legislators and Democrats led by Gov. Roy Cooper tried on Tuesday to bring renewed energy toward resolving a summer budget stalemate that’s drifted into fall. But their hoped-for outcomes […]
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