Follow The Money: N.C. Senate District 1
Once it became clear that they’d be running against a fellow incumbent senator in the GOP primary, both Sens. Bob Steinburg and Norm Sanderson took to fundraising in the final months of 2021.
Month: March 2022
UNC’s latest gift: A private island
Another interesting tidbit from the Council of State’s agenda: UNC Chapel Hill will soon be the proud new owner of a 17-acre island between Morehead City and Beaufort.
Farkas wants a train to Greenville
If you live in Greenville or other parts of Eastern North Carolina and want to hop on a train, you have to drive to Rocky Mount, Wilson or Selma to find one. N.C. Rep. Brian Farkas, D-Pitt, wants to change that.
Cooper asks Congress for more COVID funding
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Campaign Spotlight: N.C. House District 6
Just a few miles from the VinFast site, fast-growing Harnett County will be getting its second N.C. House member this year.
Reives cites bipartisanship in automaker win
House Democratic Leader Robert Reives, D-Chatham, argues that Tuesday’s announcement that Vietnamese automaker VinFast will build electric SUVs in his home county is more than just an economic development win. He chalks it up to the increasing bipartisan spirit in state politics.
Could the SAVE Act get paired with Medicaid expansion?
Legislators on the study committee considering Medicaid expansion spent nearly four hours Tuesday hearing about a completely different piece of health care legislation.
Poll Watch: GOP Senate, judicial primaries
U.S. Rep. Ted Budd’s campaign on Monday touted a new poll commissioned by the conservative N.C. Values Coalition. It’s got Budd in the lead with 32% over former Gov. Pat McCrory at 29% – although the lead is within the poll’s margin of error.
Few applications so far for N.C. broadband funding
Nearly two months into the application period for $350 million in state broadband infrastructure grants, the N.C. Department of Information Technology has received just seven applications. The agency is pushing back the application deadline, which was originally set for April 4, to May 4.
Trump rally to boost Budd, Hines campaigns
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Ad Watch: 13th District
N.C. Sen. Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, is out with one of the first TV ads in the crowded 13th District congressional race. Nickel’s ad highlights his ties to his onetime boss, former President Barack Obama, and urges support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Budd joins Adams’ 2021 HBCU legislation
Nearly a year after U.S. Rep. Alma Adams introduced legislation to create a grant program to update HBCU campuses, two of her Republican colleagues in the North Carolina delegation have signed on as co-sponsors.
PAC hits McCrory with $1 million ad campaign
Another national PAC is coming after former Gov. Pat McCrory with new attack ads. An ad that surfaced Wednesday from the Conservative Outsider PAC paints McCrory as a supporter of immigration sanctuary city policies, using a clip of comments he made about immigrants years ago as Charlotte mayor.
Audit faults Golden LEAF for oversight of COVID business loans
Speed was key in the spring of 2020 when state leaders set up a “Rapid Recovery” loan program to help struggling businesses. They tasked the Golden LEAF Foundation and the N.C. Rural Center with running the initiative, and from a speed standpoint, it was successful: the $75 million allocated was …
Follow The Money: Supreme Court primary
While the two races for N.C. Supreme Court will be hotly contested this year, only one has a primary.