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Local elected officials couldn’t profit from their offices under stalled bill

A bill intended to prohibit conflicts of interest by local elected officials is stalled in the N.C. legislature, as lawmakers wrangle over the state budget and the end of session remains uncertain. The measure, S.B. 473, would make it a crime for elected officials to use their position and access to government resources for personal...

Donna King
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NAACP accuses auditor, senator of racism amid corruption probe

The president of the state chapter of the NAACP is leveling accusations of racism and white supremacy against auditor Beth Wood and state Sen. Lisa Barnes, R-Nash, over Wood’s investigation of corruption in the Rocky Mount City Council and Barnes’ proposed legislation intended to address it. “The truth is that Beth Woods and Lisa Barnes,...

Dallas Woodhouse
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Councilman Wins Residency Ruling

RALEIGH — The N.C. Court of Appeals recently overturned a challenge to the residency of a Rocky Mount councilman, finding that the Edgecombe County Board of Elections violated both the official’s right to a fair and impartial hearing and the state’s Open Meetings Law in determining that Knight wasn’t an Edgecombe County resident.

Michael Lowrey

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