With Vice President Mike Pence casting a tiebreaking vote, Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr’s nomination to become a federal judge in North Carolina now moves forward for a full U.S. Senate confirmation. Without this afternoon’s 51-50 procedural vote, Farr’s nomination would not have been allowed to advance to the Senate floor.
North Carolinians agree education beyond high school is important, but a traditional four-year degree isn’t the only option people consider, a new poll shows. A Nov. 28 Gallup survey commissioned by the My Future NC Commission, a working group to…
A bipartisan bill to implement the state’s new constitutional amendment requiring photo identification to vote whisked through the Senate Select Committee on Elections by unanimous vote. A second round of debate in the Senate Rules Committee and a second floor vote are set for Wednesday, Nov. 28.
With the November election over, lawmakers must reconfigure the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to comply with a Superior Court order. The order was issued in October in the Cooper v. Berger…
The Senate Finance Committee has approved Senate Bill 820, which would raise the amount of corporate handouts to large companies considering moving their headquarters to North Carolina. The committee voted Tuesday, Nov. 27, to raise the cap on the Job Development Investment…
Lawmakers are developing rules for the freshly passed voter ID constitutional amendment. But nobody believes the law will take effect without a pitched court battle. One voting law expert has a suggestion. “I would recommend that the state legislature include a provision in…
Analysts are turning their attention to the 2020 presidential election, and North Carolina will likely play a big part. The Civitas Institute, a conservative public policy organization, released a preview of its statewide poll Nov. 26 showing voters are split between favoring Republicans…
The University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith has recused himself from all communications with East Carolina University, his alma mater, and the third largest school in the system. Now, UNC System offices are refusing to release a personnel review of the school’s embattled…
State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants the U.S. Department of Justice to require all North Carolina hospitals to be transparent in their pricing and recover excessive charges hospitals made to the State Health Plan. He said the N.C. Healthcare Association, which represents hospitals, wants the General Assembly to derail…
Opponents of an industrial-scale solar utility in Beaufort County rejoiced earlier this month when a state regulatory agency rejected the developer’s application to revise plans for the facility. But the David versus Goliath celebration was short-lived. Wilkinson Solar Plant appealed the split decision by a three-member panel of…
