A hearing got underway Monday to determine whether a requested average 42.2% rate increase in homeowners’ insurance rates by the North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) will be granted later this year.
Doughton’s destructive policies impacted North Carolina and the country at large in the so-called “Progressive Era.”
The legal battle over a proposed 2,300-acre solar farm in Pender County headed Tuesday to North Carolina’s second-highest court. Coastal Pine Solar is asking the court to reverse a trial judge’s decision in the case. The trial court sided with Pender County commissioners, who rejected the solar operation in 2022.
At just 21, Ethan Clark is the founder and owner of North Carolina's Weather Authority, which he initially began in middle school. His weather page became a trusted source for the community, especially during Tropical Storm Helene when he alerted residents of Western North Carolina ahead of major news outlets, giving them critical time to act.
Republican and Democratic groups and the North Carolina State Board of Elections have filed competing arguments in the GOP’s lawsuit challenging 225,000 voter registrations in the Tar Heel State. The case sits now in federal court, where the state elections board is seeking a dismissal. The Republican National Committee and state Republican Party have filed a motion to send the case back to state court, where it was originally filed.
As cleanup and recovery continue in western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Rep. Richard Hudson, NC-09, and North Carolina US Sen. Thom Tillis led Republican members of North Carolina’s Congressional Delegation in a letter Saturday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell urging the federal government to use the Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF) to house hurricane victims temporarily and/or as a staging area.
The most significant funding request is $150 million to cover the costs of building, equipment, and technology losses for items not covered by insurance. Based on current estimates of the damage, the funds would go toward repairs and renovations, as similarly provided during Hurricane Florence.
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper held a press conference Monday morning at the Asheville Regional Airport with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and military officials to give an update on the situation in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has agreed to a “limited injunction” in a Libertarian voter’s lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s ban on ballot selfies, according to federal court records. Details of the arrangement are due in US District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan’s court by Friday.
State and federal lawmakers honor the first anniversary of 10/7.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s response to a CNN report about objectionable online comments. Kokai offered these remarks during the Sept. 27, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
I got it wrong. Deeply wrong. Embarrassingly wrong. It was a few days after Hurricane Floyd struck the coast on September 16, 1999. I’d been covering North Carolina politics for more than a dozen years by then, penning my syndicated column and appearing regularly on radio and television. Our discussion program “N.C. Spin” had debuted...
Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller updated media Sunday evening to say that there are 30 confirmed deaths from Hurricane Helene, a number that is rising as rescue and recovery units get to areas of Western North Carolina that had been cut off by collapsed roads and mudslides.
Those who know for a fact that they have secrets of this magnitude may begin to self-select out of the process in the age of the internet. Others may just hope it never comes up or assume they can ride out any controversy.
NC courts’ focus on economic rights could help Jacksonville food truck owners
Steer clear of auto insurance safe-driving discounts
Let’s be realistic about bipartisanship
More than forty million members of Generation Z will be eligible to vote in the 2024 election. This generation has higher rates of voting than previous ones did when they were young adults.
A sleeper issue this year could have a potentially decisive impact on the way the election goes, including right here in North Carolina—the way men will end up voting.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson was in Wilkes County Monday, back on the campaign trail after a weekend of resignations among staff and a CNN report late last week alleging he made inflammatory posts on porn websites more than a decade ago.
In less than one week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the North Carolina GOP (NCGOP) are once again suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE).
