On Dec. 31st, 2022, Butterfield will step away. “It’s time for a change. It’s time for fresh faces. It’s time for fresh ideas in the first congressional district.”
Rep. Gale Adcock of Cary says she’ll run for a seat in western Wake County and Rep. Rachel Hunt of Charlotte announced she is running for a Senate district in southeastern Mecklenburg County.
In Pitt County, for towns such as Bethel and Grimesland, where the board of commissioners was a vote for 5, that allowed 5 write-in slots people can fill in.
Dozens of North Carolina House Democrats left the chamber when Republicans seated a new member who has said he was just outside the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection in January.
According to the ProPublica report, a new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing indicates that Sen. Burr had “material nonpublic information regarding the incoming economic impact of coronavirus.”
The North Carolina League of Conservation Voters said there is a lot of language in the bill that is too vague and could potentially give too much authority to Duke Energy.
Federal prosecutors argued in court documents filed Thursday that a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals correctly ruled last month that the government had proven its case against Dylann Roof, despite his protestations on several points.
Dr. Michael Bitzer, Catawba College professor, said we traditionally have had fights over racial gerrymandering, the drawing of districts to benefit a minority party.
Legislators will be at Pitt Community College at 3 p.m. Thursday to hear from people in the area on how they think congressional and state legislative districts should be re-drawn.
The bill would allow 10 to 12 licensed sports wagering businesses in the state offering on-site betting at or near sporting facilities, as well as online gambling.
The state Senate plans no recorded floor votes until next week, while House leaders say they’ll take up legislation in floor sessions only on Monday evening and Tuesday.
The former state Supreme Court chief justice is gearing up to for an expensive bid to fill the seat that Republican Sen. Richard Burr is vacating in 2022.
Fort Brag stretches across six counties: Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Scotland and Richmond. This would make this area the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the courthouse is in Fayetteville.
A bipartisan effort to legalize marijuana for medical use in North Carolina has received a legislative committee hearing. But it’s unclear yet whether enough legislators are ready now to alter their views on pot.
The bill would spend $25.7 billion in state funds next fiscal year. The measure also would reduce the individual income tax rate incrementally to just under 4% by 2026 and phase out the current 2.5% corporate tax starting in 2014.
