Tag:U.S. Sen. Richard Burr

• N.C.’s U.S. senators back Kavanaugh pick for Supreme Court

  North Carolina’s Republican U.S. senators applauded President Trump’s nomination Monday of federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, where Kavanaugh would replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh is Trump’s chance to push the Supreme Court to the right. Kennedy was often a…

  by Julie Havlak
• Elon Poll sheds light on N.C. voters’ political knowledge (of lack of it)

  North Carolina voters may want to crack open a civics book, as the latest Elon University Poll shows Tar Heel State voters mirror the national trend of scoring low on political knowledge. The poll found N.C. voters were more likely…

  by Lindsay Marchello