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New court date set for Beth Wood’s hit-and-run charges
A new court date has been set for North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood, who was involved in a hit-and-run accident on December 8 in downtown Raleigh.
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Hall introduces bill forcing sheriffs to cooperate with ICE
On Wednesday, Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, introduced a bill to require N.C. sheriffs to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) if they cannot confirm the citizenship status of someone in their custody accused of serious felonies and violent crimes.
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Legalizing medical marijuana is first bill filed in NC Senate
Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, has filed the NC Compassionate Care Act (S. B. 3), a bill that legalizes medical marijuana. It was the first bill filed in North Carolina’s state Senate on Wednesday, the first day of bill filing. Sens. Michael Lee, R-New Hanover, and Paul Lowe, D-Forsyth are also primary sponsors. Earlier this year,...
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State legislature to return for business on Wednesday
After November's midterm elections, Republicans in the Senate have a supermajority, and in the House, Republicans are one vote shy of a supermajority. The partisan make up means that a careful attendance numbers game will likely play a prominent role in this session.
Opinion
New poll offers little help in NC Medicaid expansion debate
The American Cancer Society tells us most N.C. voters support expansion. Its poll does nothing to resolve the impasse among policymakers who already support expansion.
News
Slow disaster recovery prompts change in agency leadership at NCDPS
The director of disaster recovery at the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management will be taking on a new role in another state agency beginning Feb. 1.
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Victim in Wood’s alleged hit-and-run says her “silence speaks volumes” as new video surfaces
North Carolina's State Auditor Beth Wood released a statement Jan. 23 apologizing for a hit-and-run accident in December that resulted in her state-owned vehicle partially sitting atop another parked car.
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Locke’s Mitch Kokai assesses AG Stein’s entry into 2024 N.C. governor’s race
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s announcement that he’s running for governor in 2024. Kokai offered these comments during the Jan. 20, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
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Appeals from BCBSNC & UMR, Inc. rejected by NC State Health Plan
The North Carolina State Health Plan announced in a press release on Friday that it had rejected protest appeals for the Third-Party Administrative Services (TPA) contract from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and UMR, Inc.
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Legislative leaders seek new NC Supreme Court review of redistricting, voter ID cases
Little more than one month after a lame-duck Democratic-majority N.C. Supreme Court ruled against Republican legislators on election maps and voter ID, lawmakers are asking for a do-over. Petitions filed Friday at the state’s highest court ask for rehearings in both the Harper v. Hall and Holmes v. Moore cases.
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Legislative leaders ask NC Supreme Court to rehear redistricting case
N.C. legislative leaders want the state Supreme Court to take another look at a case involving state election maps. Lawmakers filed a petition Friday for the court to rehear the Harper v. Hall case.
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Cooper declines to endorse Stein in 2024 gubernatorial race
At an event Thursday, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper declined to endorse Josh Stein, N.C.’s current attorney general who launched his candidacy for governor earlier this week. After Cooper declined to say whether he would be endorsing Stein, the governor’s team provided the following statement: “Josh Stein has worked to battle the opioid crisis and protect...
