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Draft NC map shifts districts creating new political battlegrounds
The General Assembly is scheduled to reconvene on Monday, with the Senate's standing Committee on Elections expected to vote on the proposed map at 10am.
Opinion
In Congress, an ‘EPIC’ move to support NC life sciences
NC's thriving innovation economy is at risk, thanks to a provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that discourages investment in an entire class of medicines known as "small molecules."
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House rejects Budd, Murphy amendments against new taxes on incomes under $400k
The "Inflation Reduction Act," which passed the U.S. Senate on Sunday, is up for a vote this week in the U.S. House, and the final version will not contain guarantees that those making under $400,000 per year will avoid any resulting new taxes. The House rejected amendments from two N.C. Republicans that would have limited new taxation to those earning more than $400,000.
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Tillis, seven N.C. House members granted ‘Taxpayer Super Hero’ honor
North Carolina’s junior U.S. senator and seven of the Republicans who served in the last Congress earn “Taxpayer Super Hero” ratings. That’s according to the latest calculations from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. The group’s 2020 Congressional Ratings, released this month, name Sen. Thom Tillis as one of 10 Senate “Taxpayer Super Heroes.”...
Opinion
Special elections teach three lessons
Dan Bishop and the Republicans used the energy issue effectively against Dan McCready, a precedent that other conservative candidates should take to heart.
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Republicans sweep special House elections in 3rd, 9th districts
Republicans held serve. Let the 2020 election campaign begin. In special elections for two U.S. House districts Tuesday, Sept. 10, state Rep. Greg Murphy of Pitt County and state Sen. Dan Bishop of Mecklenburg County held off Democratic challengers to win seats unofficially in the 3rd and 9th U.S. Congressional Districts, respectively. The 9th District race drew national...
Opinion
Odd-year primaries yield normal outcomes
One conclusion to be drawn from the congressional primaries we’ve seen so far this year is that significant expenditure is a necessary but insufficient condition for electoral success.
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Senate committee sets Thursday vote for opioid prevention bill
A jarring supply of opioids is flooding North Carolina. Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, said if all of the opioid pills prescribed in the past 12 months were counted, “every man woman and child would have a bottle of 100 in their hand. This is an excessive amount of these very, very addictive chemicals that cause...
