RALEIGH — As the N.C. General Assembly reconvened for their fourth special legislative session of 2016, and the Republican super-majorities proposed legislation to reassert the body’s constitutional authority over myriad issues, word was spread through […]
RALEIGH Lawmakers opened a fourth extra session of 2016 immediately after adjourning the third on Wednesday, passing several bills that reassert the legislature’s constitutional role in confirming cabinet appointments and selecting board and commission […]
RALEIGH Margaret Spellings, the president of the University of North Carolina system, will give the NC State fall commencement speech at PNC Arena on Friday. Spellings became UNC system president on March 1. She […]
RALEIGH The N.C. General Assembly passed the $200 million Disaster Recovery Act of 2016 on Wednesday, closing out a special session called by Gov. Pat McCrory. Lawmakers came back to Raleigh to address the […]
RALEIGH Hundreds of protesters lined the halls and gallery of the N.C. House and Senate Tuesday after rumors circulated on Facebook that the General Assembly was considering adding two seats to the N.C. Supreme […]
RALEIGH Roy Cooper, North Carolina’s incoming governor, has put together his transition team leads for his administration, a source close to the Cooper transition team told North State Journal. The current attorney general defeated […]
RALEIGH The N.C. General Assembly is weighing The Disaster Recovery Act of 2016 on Tuesday in a special legislative session called by Governor Pat McCrory. The measure was in the House appropriation committee on […]
The U.S. Geological Survey said a 2.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in western North Carolina Tuesday morning near Hot Springs, northwest of Asheville. The report on the earthquake on the USGS site said it occurred 6.1 kilometers […]
WASHINGTON, D.C Donald Trump has chosen former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head the U.S. Department of Energy, a source close to the president-elect said, putting him in charge of an agency he proposed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. President-elect Donald Trump announced Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his choice for secretary of state Tuesday, praising him as a successful international dealmaker who leads a global operation.Tillerson’s experience in diplomacy […]
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