Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs head to a federal courtroom Friday in New York City. North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson backs one of the cases.
Two North Carolina professors and one former state House Republican leader have signed on to a brief supporting states that challenge President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs in federal court.
Progressive challenger Nida Allam concedes to Rep. Valerie Foushee after razor-thin NC-4 Democratic primary.
Foushee unofficially leads 49.18% to 48.22%. Because the margin is under 1%, Allam can request a recount.
The N.C. Republican Party is generally considered the most free-market option for voters in this state. The party sets forth its free-market bona fides in their 2022 party platform, specifically Article II, entitled, “The Economy.” Article II states, among other things, that the party supports capitalism and free-market solutions for societal issues. It also states...
We can attract even more professionals, families, retirees, and other folks to our state if we lean into one of our competitive advantages: housing options.
North Carolina Democrats lost four seats in the state House on Election Day. Republicans will open the 2021 legislative session with a 69-51 majority. It was an upset. Legislative redistricting, brought on by lawsuits in 2019, should’ve made it easier for Democrats to gain ground. Instead, the party lost seats during an election year where...
North Carolina’s “gig economy” would take a major hit under a pro-labor union bill that may soon be heard in the U.S. House, experts say. House Resolution 2474, “Protecting the Right to Organize Act,” is a nightmarish collection of pro-union provisions that could wither state economies and hurt individual workers, say several economists and researchers....
U.S. Rep Mark Meadows, an 11th District Republican, has held his seat since 2011, and he chaired the conservative House Freedom Caucus. Meadows, whose district is solidly Republican, waited to drop his retirement announcement until Dec. 19, two days after the deadline for candidates to withdraw from races in which they had already filed. That...
The forecast for Hurricane Florence looks bleak. It’s hard to imagine as of this writing, but if the storm proceeds the way it’s predicted to go, then by next week people’s lives and neighborhoods in many areas of the state, from the coastal towns to the central Piedmont, will be radically altered. In the next...
The long, hard slog for the North Carolina Green Party is over. The state officially recognized the Green Party, allowing its candidates to appear on state ballots. “It’s something we’ve been working for, it seems like, forever,” said J.J. Rizzo, co-chairman of the Triangle Chapter of the Green Party. The nine-member Bipartisan State Board of...
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