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Lee County School Board drops investigation of Womack

The Lee County School Board voted unanimously to take no action against Republican board member Sherry-Lynn Womack after board attorney Jimmy Love found she violated no board policies by attending the Trump Rally in Washington, D.C., last month. Womack was cleared after a long school board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 9. As reported by the News...

Dallas Woodhouse

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Jackson picked for Court of Appeals; Searcy also resigns from General Assembly

The former House minority leader is set to join the state Court of Appeals. A Wake County state senator who considered a run for U.S. Congress also resigned from a seat he recently won. Rep. Darren Jackson becomes the second Wake County Democrat to announce he’s leaving the General Assembly as the 2021 session is...

Rick Henderson
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Newby’s narrow win suggests broader philosophical changes in N.C. courts

It took five weeks to settle the final race, but when the N.C. Supreme Court’s session opens in a few weeks, there will be a new chief in Raleigh. Republican Associate Justice Paul Newby defeated incumbent Democratic Chief Justice Cheri Beasley by roughly 400 votes. Nearly 5.4 million ballots were cast. Beasley, who was elevated...

Rick Henderson
Opinion

New era on N.C. Supreme Court begins with election of conservative Chief Justice Paul Newby

After failing to earn a statewide hand recount, and unable to get Democratic boards of elections to accept ballots already deemed unlawful, Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded the North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice race Saturday, Dec. 12. The Saturday morning concession, 39 days after the election, clears the way for Republican Justice Paul Newby...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

N.C. voters want state government gridlock, debate 

Critical lessons continue to come out of the results of the 2020 elections. One that seems to have escaped some of the political establishment is North Carolinians don’t want one political party to dominate. They want a slower, more deliberative state government, rather than one party changing public policy unimpeded from Murphy to Manteo.  American elections...

Donald Bryson
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Election 2020 — It’s a wrap … mostly

Take a deep breath. It’s finally over. Mostly.  North Carolina’s 2020 election was a mixed bag full of unexpected results. Most voters are confident in the outcomes, but others aren’t so sure, a new poll shows.   Some things we know for certain. President Trump won 50% of the state’s vote, turning North Carolina red in...

Kari Travis