RALEIGH — Lt. Gov. Dan Forest on Monday announced the appointment of Hal Weatherman as chairman of The Dan Forest Exploratory Committee for Governor. According to a release by Forest’s campaign, Weatherman will direct the […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s new elections board will hear evidence later this month about alleged ballot fraud as it seeks to resolve the nation’s last unsettled congressional race. The five-member State Board of Elections, created […]
TARBORO — A longtime North Carolina Democratic legislator and budget writer who focused on education, technology and the rural economy has died. Nine-term Rep. Joe Tolson of Edgecombe County died Sunday at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Last Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was blasted for controversial abortion comments he made during a radio interview. Two days later, news outlets reported that a racist photo appears on Northam’s 1984 […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has taken another step toward running for governor in 2020. Forest announced Monday that he has formed an “exploratory” committee to seek the GOP nomination, releasing a […]
RALEIGH — On Jan. 26, a sunny Saturday, supporters of the “Women’s March” filled the Halifax Mall in North Carolina’s legislative complex. More than 40 community organizations, such as Carolina Abortion Fund, League of Women […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. The role elevates Abrams in Democratic […]
RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Walter Jones Jr., a Republican congressman who has represented N.C. for over two decades, has entered hospice care. A press release issued Saturday on Jones’s U.S. House website says that his […]
RALEIGH — After 26 years of service, Chief Justice Mark Martin will become dean of Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Va. The Republican has spent more than 20 years on the Supreme […]
WASHINGTON — Shouting “FBI, open the door,” authorities arrested Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, before dawn Friday in a criminal case that revealed that senior members of the Trump campaign sought to […]
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