An appeal of a judge’s ruling requiring the fall election ballot to list Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin as a Republican could threaten a key election deadline. Anglin’s campaign said he was served notice of the appeal Tuesday, Aug. 14,…
Benjamin Phillips won’t forget the day Hurricane Matthew plowed into his house in Lumberton. He was watching a baseball game when news of the coming storm interrupted the broadcast. “The weatherman said, ‘You’re about to get hit.’” Phillips said. What Phillips saw next reminded…
It wasn’t about partisan politics, former Gov. Jim Martin said. It’s something much worse. Martin, and the four other living former North Carolina governors, held a news conference Monday, Aug. 13, in the State Capitol building, standing in bipartisan opposition to two constitutional amendments they say…
Democrat-turned-Republican Chris Anglin won his court fight to run on the GOP ticket for Supreme Court justice in the Nov. 6 general election. Wake County Superior Court Judge Becky Holt issued her ruling Monday, Aug. 13, after a hearing on constitutional claims Anglin made in…
For Cathy, opioids are part of the blend of medications that keep her functioning. After she caught polio as a baby — just three years before the vaccine was invented — she suffered from fibromyalgia, she developed arthritis as a teenager, and her nerves started to die as…
Major staff changes continue to shake up the North Carolina public education system. State Board of Education member Greg Alcorn announced his resignation Friday, Aug. 10. He is the third member to leave the education board this month. Board member Becky…
People conducting voter registration drives in three North Carolina counties are suspected of fraud, and investigators at the N.C. Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement are reviewing the allegations. The elections board received reports from New Hanover, Pitt, and Robeson counties that voter drive participants…
Editor’s note: This story was updated Friday, Aug. 10, to include a response from Department of Revenue spokesman Schorr Johnson. The state Department of Revenue is gearing up to assess sales taxes on more out-of-state online retailers who make sales to North Carolina residents. But it’s unclear whether…
A prominent Republican lawmaker and proponent of loosening North Carolina’s restrictive alcohol laws says direct government sales and distribution of distilled liquor is antiquated, and lawmakers should fix the broken system. “Most states use a licensure model that allows the private sector to sell and distribute…
The parties suing to prevent four amendments from appearing in the Nov. 6 general election are facing a high hurdle, a constitutional scholar says. When it comes to writing ballot language for constitutional amendments, the N.C. Constitution defers to the General Assembly, “Whereas other…
