Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration outlined details of a new “digital equity” grant program on Tuesday. The initiative seeks applications from state agencies that want to use a share of $24 million in federal American Rescue Plan dollars.
Dark money 501(c)4 groups might be playing an even bigger role in legislative races this year, perhaps spending more than political party organizations, PACs and the campaigns themselves.
The UNC Board of Governors voted last week to add 111 acres of prime real estate in Research Triangle Park to its “millennial campus” designation that paves the way for public-private partnership development.
Democrats are crying foul over a series of Photoshopped campaign mailers targeting incumbent legislators in highly competitive districts.
Wilson County leans left, but not by much. So it’s no surprise that several legislative races in this area are considered competitive.
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I recently got to serve as moderator for one of the “N.C. Trusted Elections Tour” events in Albemarle.
The N.C. Local Government Commission declined to support a public-private development partnership that aimed to reshape a downtown Wilmington block that houses the city’s main library.
House Speaker Tim Moore has a more favorable view than his Senate counterpart on the N.C. Healthcare Association’s compromise offer on Certificate of Need regulations and Medicaid expansion.
House District 62 is one of the most competitive legislative districts in Guilford County, but it’s one where the incumbent Republican has weathered challenging campaigns before.
Outside ad spending continues to pour into North Carolina, much of it coming from Republican-aligned groups backing U.S. Rep. Ted Budd for Senate and Bo Hines in the state’s most competitive congressional race.
Should lawmakers go ahead and finalize congressional and legislative districts for the 2024 elections? That’s the suggestion that Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, D-Wake, made during a news conference Wednesday.
State Budget Director Charlie Perusse will retire in November after serving Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration since he took office. Cooper announced Monday that Perusse will be succeeded by his chief deputy state budget director, Kristin Walker.
WRAL reporter Bryan Anderson published a fascinating, highly detailed profile of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson over the weekend.
The occasion for Monday’s gathering of top current and former elected officials was the renaming of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital at UNC Health in Chapel Hill to honor the late Senate leader Marc Basnight.
