A bill filed this week would end allowing state employees to automatically pay association dues straight from their paychecks. This would apply to members of employee associations like the state's two largest, the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC).
House Speaker Tim Moore on Thursday called for a special session of the General Assembly to reverse a city of Charlotte ordinance that would allow transgendered individuals to use either men’s or women’s bathrooms in the state’s largest city. At a press conference, Senate leaders left open the possibility of requesting a special session as...
RALEIGH — Freshman Sen. Eldon "Buck" Newton sued incumbent A.B. Swindell last September. The lawsuit contends Swindell lied in campaign mailings and radio ads by stating falsely that Newton was arrested on drug charges in the early 1990s.
WILSON - Republican candidate for the N.C. Senate E.S. "Buck" Newton filed a libel lawsuit against his opponent in the 11th Senate District, five-term incumbent A.B. Swindell. At issue is a mailer paid for by the N.C. Democratic Party and authorized by Swindell. It claims Newton was arrested in 1990 one several drug related charges. Newton says he was never arrested, all charges were dropped, and it was a case of mistaken identity.
