Dear Lt. Gov. Robinson, A year from now, you could be sworn in as the new Governor of North Carolina. A week later, you could be charged with criminal violations from an ongoing investigation into more than $500,000 of apparent illegal activity related to your 2020 campaign. Illegal cash donations; contributions in illegal amounts and from illegal donors; illegal cash withdrawals; illegal credit card charges and illegal expenses; illegal disclosure of financial transactions.
Ever since Republicans won control of the North Carolina General Assembly in 2010 and began reforming the state’s tax code, progressive critics have argued that taxes play little to no role in shaping economic outcomes.
Raleigh, N.C. — Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 39 of North Carolina’s counties in November 2023, decreased in 17, and remained unchanged in 44. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 5.9 percent while Buncombe and Swain Counties each had the lowest at 2.6 percent.
RALEIGH — For political journalists, a standard tool of the trade is the New Year prediction column. Especially when the date is an even number, signifying the start of a presidential or midterm election cycle, pundits typically offer up a series of forecasts about who will win, who will lose, and whom the losers will blame.
Raleigh, NC – North Carolina Speaker Tim Moore announced appointments to the House Select Committee on Substance Abuse, including Committee Chair Rep. Stephen Ross and Vice Chair Rep. Erin Paré.
RALEIGH — Before Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, he wrote his own epitaph. Did he mention any of his elected offices? No. Jefferson wanted only three accomplishments listed on his gravestone: author of the Declaration of Independence, founder of the University of Virginia, and author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
Voting rights groups in North Carolina filed a sweeping redistricting lawsuit last Tuesday that claims the Republican-led legislature violated federal law by racially gerrymandering the state House, state Senate and congressional plans for election districts.
The state’s seasonally adjusted November 2023 unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, increasing 0.1 of a percentage point from October’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.2 of a percentage point to 3.7 percent.
Now that candidate filing period for the 2024 elections has closed, we now have a first glimpse at what the 2024 elections will look like in North Carolina.
North Carolina's State Board of Elections has unanimously approved names of candidates to go on state ballots for the presidential primary on March 5, 2024.
Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are asking a federal judge to make a decision Thursday, December 28, 2023 about issuing a preliminary injunction.
(Raleigh, N.C.) – State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, announced that the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer has updated its list of companies subject to divestment and contract restrictions due to their boycott of Israel. Added to this year’s list is Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. This action includes affiliates of Ben & Jerry’s such as its parent company, Unilever PLC, and Unilever’s subsidiaries.
