A new poll shows Republican incumbent Rep. Ted Budd leads his Democratic competitor, Kathy Manning, by five points in the race for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District seat. The poll, conducted by the Civitas Institute, a conservative public policy organization,…
The U.S. House of Representative on Friday, July 13, voted to close a loophole in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, which requires agencies to curtail the regulatory costs on local governments and businesses. The 230-168 vote fell closely along party lines.
The Republican candidate for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District may have cause for concern. In a new poll, his Democratic challenger leads him by seven points. Civitas Institute, a conservative public policy organization, released a poll showing Dan McCready, the…
State Treasurer Dale Folwell gave a chilly reception to issuing a statewide school construction bond even as Gov. Roy Cooper hit the road Tuesday, July 10, pitching one. North Carolina has $50 billion in unfunded retirement system and State Health Plan liabilities. More debt is pending…
Can’t we all just get along? The relationship between the State Board of Education and State Superintendent Mark Johnson continues to be dysfunctional after the board objected to a provision in recent legislation. The General Assembly passed House Bill 374…
Editor’s note: This story was updated after initial publication to correct the name of VR Systems and to include updated information from the elections board. We regret the error. North Carolina will spend $10.9 million to modernize election systems and tighten the security of voters’ information.
It was another bad day in a bad week for Gov. Roy Cooper. The Senate completed legislative overrides on two more of the governor’s recent spate of seven vetoes. The General Assembly has resurrected five of the seven bills the governor recently rejected. Senators voted 39-8…
In a joint session of the House and the Senate, Republican legislators rejected two of the three nominees for the State Board of Education to the confusion of Democrats. Legislators overwhelmingly approved Reginald Kenan’s reappointment to the state education board, but a partisan split prevented…
Voters will decide this fall whether North Carolina taxpayers should receive protection in the state constitution against the state taxing more than 7 percent of their personal income. In a bit of a surprise, the Senate voted 33-14 Thursday, June 28, to concur with a change…
The University of North Carolina’s governing board is shuffling its leadership. UNC announced new committee appointments for the Board of Governors on June 27. Three of the board’s six standing committees will retain their current leaders. Committee appointments are for the 2018-2019 year and are…
