I live in Stanly County, and freedom-loving people in my community have been fighting for months to push our all-Republican school board to make masks optional in schools. Unfortunately, we have yet to effect change. But given that 108 of 115 North Carolina school districts still require masks in schools, I know we’re not alone. Words...
Kudos to Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, for filing House Bill 717, Revise Judicial Districts. With all the talk — and court cases — around redistricting, focused primarily on the legislative and congressional maps, raising awareness of the judicial districts is an important issue. Although there have been minor adjustments over the years, some judicial and...
RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Bar circumvented the State Board of Elections and may have trampled a Stanly County candidate’s constitutional rights when it demanded that district attorney candidate Jim Phillips change his campaign signs, critics allege. The Bar warned Phillips that his campaign signs violated judicial ethics because they didn’t include wording such as “vote for” or “for.”
