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Source: SF Gate

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 17:00:12 -0700 | political-news

N.C. (AP) A North Carolina House panel recommended a bill Wednesday that buys time for the city of Raleigh to renegotiate a lease for the 325-acre Dorothea Dix property with the state. The bill would tear up a lease struck...
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Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 03:11:47 -0700 | political-news

Gov. Pat McCrory declined to say Wednesday whether he would veto a state budget that includes provisions he disagrees with. The Republican governor told the Observer he believes he can compromise with leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly. McCrory doesn't...
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Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 14:27:00 -0700 | political-news

In a rare moment of bi-partisanship, the North Carolina House Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution honoring Mecklenburg County on the 250th anniversary of its founding. The resolution recounted the county's founding in 1762 and the decision by Lord Augustus Selwyn...
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Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 13:59:10 -0700 | political-news

Department of Crime Control and Public Safety Secretary Kieran Shanahan will no longer practice law on the side while he holds public office, his former law firm announced Tuesday afternoon. He has transitioned out of his practice at the law...
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Source: SF Gate

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 13:31:11 -0700 | political-news

N.C. (AP) A proposal to let North Carolina students use public money to attend private or religious schools drew fierce debate Tuesday from a state House panel. The House Education Committee heard from both sides of the voucher debate but...
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Source: SF Gate

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 18:42:39 -0700 | political-news

N.C. (AP) Supporters of a bill providing public money to low-income families to attend North Carolina private or religious schools said Monday passing the measure would help give all students the prospect of succeeding in life. Clergy, legislators and other...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:52:22 -0700 | political-news

The arrest count and number of supporters Monday reached the highest yet for the group's demonstrations against the policies of the General Assembly, which Republicans took control of after the 2010 elections. Crowds have grown each week, with about 150...
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Source: SF Gate

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 08:55:03 -0700 | political-news

N.C. (AP) As a powerful member of the Republican leadership in the N.C...LaRoque railed for years against big government and those who take taxpayer handouts. The former Kinston lawmaker was set to go on trial Monday on a dozen felony...
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Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 18:21:55 -0700 | political-news

The divide between legislative Republicans over how to revamp the state's tax code became clear Thursday as House leaders unveiled their plan, calling it a more measured approach than one outlined last week by the Senate. The House legislation offers...
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Source: SF Gate

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 21:03:11 -0700 | political-news

N.C. (AP) Socially conservative issues ranging from abortion to the application of Islamic Sharia law were debated in the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday ahead of a critical deadline to keep bills alive this session. Bills that don't require...
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Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:22:25 -0700 | political-news

This semester, Wake Tech sophomore Micheal Proulx says he had a 15-minute walk from English to a finance class that would've been perfect for a cigarette. Instead, Proulx usually waits until after his last class to smoke a Camel Crush...
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Source: SF Gate

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 17:17:49 -0700 | political-news

N.C. (AP) A cap on the number of new coastal jetties built along North Carolina's coast approved two years ago would be eliminated and other restrictions on them would be repealed in a bill recommended Tuesday by a Senate committee...
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Source: Charlotte Observer Online

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 19:50:00 -0700 | political-news

Nearly 200 protesters crowded inside the Legislative Building early Monday evening, singing, chanting and echoing many of the same concerns that demonstrators have for the past three Mondays. As members of the state House of Representatives tended to business, North...
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Breaking News: Koch brothers' spending reshapes North Carolina government
Posted by: itobin53

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 06:56:27 -0700 | political-news

Energy industry giants David and Charles Koch are taking advantage of all that money can buy, which in this case includes Republican Authoritarian control of North Carolina. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which the Koch brothers may...
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Source: SF Gate

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 10:41:17 -0700 | political-news

Thursday his group will continue its series of weekly protests at the state legislature...William Barber is now calling "Moral Mondays" will extend into the foreseeable future following back-to-back weeks of protests resulting in nearly 50 arrests. "I don't want to...
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