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Longtime Wake County state Rep. Joe John has passed away
Days after announcing his resignation from the North Carolina General Assembly, longtime Wake County Democratic state Rep. Joe John, District 40, has died. He was 85.
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Rematch in HD 40 pits incumbent John against former five-termer Avila
N.C. House District 40 (Wake County) Joe John (one-term incumbent). Democrat. Education: Attended Belmont Abbey College. Earned bachelor’s, master’s, and juris doctorate degrees at UNC-Chapel Hill. Occupation: Retired. Career highlights: chief assistant district attorney, chief District Court judge, Resident Superior Court judge, Court of Appeals associate judge. Acting commissioner N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles. Director...
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Constitutional amendment would shrink judicial terms immediately
Legislative Republicans vowed to offer changes in the way North Carolinians select judges. Tuesday afternoon, they rolled out a big one. A few hours after the House rejected the governor’s veto of a bill canceling judicial primaries in 2018, the House and Senate Rules Committee chairmen proposed a constitutional amendment shortening judicial terms from four...
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Hog waste bill heads to Senate, stripped of provision helping Smithfield Foods
Rep. Jimmy Dixon, a retired Duplin County hog farmer, pleaded with fellow House members to remember the people who put food on the table. A handful of his Republican colleagues (and several Democrats) said being faithful to the principles of common-law jurisprudence, separation of powers, and property rights outweigh the interests of any single industry,...
