Elections Green Party back on ballot after petition drive The N.C. Green Party will be back on the ballot this fall, including its U.S. Senate candidate, Matthew Hoh.
Education UNC System’s plans for old Chapel Hill offices The UNC Board of Governors plans to vote this week on the future of its vacated UNC System Office space...
Elections NC-based donors outspent in primary Tuesday’s primary wasn’t just a defeat for former Gov. Pat McCrory (who, adding insult to injury, announced Thursday that he...
Elections A new legislator for Forsyth In Forsyth County, Kanika Brown defeated Rep. Evelyn Terry’s husband, former Winston-Salem City Councilman Fred Terry, to win the seat...
Elections Election results vary on sales tax hikes Here’s an interesting side note from the election: A deep red county voted to raise its sales tax rate, while...
Budget & Taxes First crop of new bills filed The first day of the short session meant the opening of a relatively short bill filing window. Many of the...
Budget & Taxes Moore suggests ‘further tax relief’ might be in budget Flush with a big surplus as lawmakers start to develop a budget, House Speaker Tim Moore floated the idea of...
Elections Meet your (likely) new legislators A number of newcomers effectively won a seat in the legislature on Tuesday, because the other party didn't field any...
Elections Upset of the night: Veteran Asheboro lawmaker defeated I have to admit I wasn't watching this primary at all: Veteran Rep. Pat Hurley, R-Randolph, had a primary challenge...
Elections Double-bunked incumbents go down Thanks to redistricting, four incumbent legislators – all Republicans – were guaranteed to lose their seats on Tuesday in face-offs...
Elections Big endorsements pay off – mostly The primary also highlighted the power of endorsements – particularly when they come from a party’s most influential leaders.
Elections Big spending from out-of-state groups pays off in primaries The biggest winner in Tuesday’s primary was outside PAC money.
Elections Campaign Spotlight: Senate District 36 The fickle winds of redistricting are very much apparent in the Republican primary for Senate District 36, which includes Wilkes,...
Elections Follow The Money: Republican court primaries While Democrats running for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals don’t have primary opponents, Republicans appear to be very much...
Education Former Kinston lawmaker dies Former N.C. Rep. George Graham, D-Lenoir, has died, according to the Neuse News. He was 73.
