Assistant U.S. Attorney John Harris testified Wednesday he warned his father, Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Rev. Mark Harris, it was unwise to hire Bladen County political operative McCrae Dowless. But his parents shunned his advice. Mark Harris is in a legal skirmish to be seated…
A bill to strengthen permitting rules for selling alcohol and the ability of law enforcement to crack down on violators has unanimously passed the N.C. Senate. Sen. Andy Wells, R-Catawba, introduced Senate Bill 11, in large part because of a spate…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has a brand new plan to make North Carolina the best state in which to learn and to teach by 2030. He unveiled the #NC2030 plan Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Innovation and Leadership program, an…
Andy Yates, the principal campaign strategist for Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Rev. Mark Harris, said he now questions whether McCrae Dowless legally rounded up absentee mail votes that helped to push Harris to an unofficial 905-vote win over Democrat Dan McCready in the 9th U.S.
The political operative at the heart of the 9th Congressional District scandal won’t tell his story under oath — yet. McCrae Dowless, the main person of interest in an alleged ballot harvesting ring that helped Republican Rev. Mark Harris defeat Democrat Dan McCready in November, appeared…
Keith Sutton Another Democrat has joined the growing pool of candidates for state superintendent in 2020. Keith Sutton, Wake County School Board vice chair, on the Saturday, Feb. 16, episode of “Education Matters” announced plans to run for…
The Distillers Association of North Carolina, calling the state’s system of controlling liquor “an 80-year-old regulatory scheme,” is urging lawmakers to reform and modernize the antiquated system. Such moves, DANC says in a statement, would be to the “benefit of our state and its citizens.”…
A Durham woman is going to federal prison for bilking the Medicaid system out of more than $900,000, U.S. Attorney Robert Higdon announced on Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Louise Flanagan sentenced Tamara Perry McCaffity, 57, to 46 months in prison…
As the Cooper administration engaged in negotiations involving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a national governors’ group warned a Cooper adviser against a state agency taking action comparable to extortion. The warning came in a Dec. 8, 2017, email from a National Governors Association staffer to Cooper energy policy adviser Jeremy…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released Thursday a long-anticipated federal action plan to address chemical pollutants such as GenX. But critics immediately voiced disappointment the report offers few details about the relief affected communities can expect. The 23-point plan is heavy…
