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.”...
If current population trends continue, North Carolina will gain a bit more political heft after the 2020 census with the addition of a 14th seat in the U.S. House.
Standing alongside some of North Carolina’s most influential black elected officials at Hillside High School, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton promised Thursday to shred barriers to minority achievement, protect voting rights, and partner with schools to improve education. The former secretary of state and U.S. senator from New York vilified the National Rifle Association while calling for more...
WASHINGTON — Two North Carolina congressmen who were quick to criticize former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett for comments he made on his nationally syndicated radio show in September about aborting black babies have refused to comment on a statement made by a former NCSU professor that all white people should be exterminated.
