North Carolina Political News
Gastonia lawmaker's e-mail 'reply all' causes a stir
(By Mark Johnson, mjohnson@charlotteobserver.com) State Rep. Bill Current didn't think much of his invitation to a celebration of women's history at the N.C. Museum of History. Gov. Bev Perdue is scheduled to speak at the March 22 event, which is being held by the N. C. Council for Women, N. C. Museum of History & Wake County Commission for Women.
Friday March 12, 2010 6:26PM | charlotteobserver.com
VA passes individual mandates law
You may remember that back in January, House and Senate Republicans said they would put forward a bill that would allow North Carolinians to resist any individual health insurance mandates handed down from the federal government. (Click here for that post.)read more
Friday March 12, 2010 4:37PM | news-record.com
State auditor pays back taxes with interest
RALEIGH (AP) — State Auditor Beth Wood has paid in full the property taxes that were past due on her Raleigh home.Wake County property tax records show Wood paid $1,238 late last month. The bill for 2009 taxes was due in September and started collecting interest in January.read more
Friday March 12, 2010 3:21PM | news-record.com
Health care partisans line up to lobby
(By Rob Christensen, rob.christensen@newsobserver.com) With the health care debate headed toward a showdown on Capitol Hill, the battle is being joined locally at street rallies, in television ads and through phone banks.Members of Congress, particularly Democratic moderates such as Rep. Bob Etheridge, are facing stepped-up lobbying efforts as President Barack Obama makes a final push for passage ...
Friday March 12, 2010 12:30PM | charlotteobserver.com
N.C. Sen. Graham pays $3,950 campaign fine
(By Mark Johnson, mjohnson@charlotteobserver.com) State Sen. Malcolm Graham, a Charlotte Democrat, paid a $3,950 fine last month imposed by the State Board of Elections for accepting campaign contributions from businesses.Graham sent a letter to the board on Feb. 22, saying his campaign had accepted 13 checks from businesses between 2003 and 2006. North Carolina law prohibits business contribution ...
Friday March 12, 2010 11:50AM | charlotteobserver.com
NC Officials push back against EPA Coal Ash regulation
Some top-ranking North Carolina officials are pushing back against the U.S. EPA plans to regulate coal ash.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 9:43PM | news-record.com
Liquor privatization loses steam in other states
Booze has been on the mind of official Raleigh all spring. Specifically, political leaders have been wondering out loud what ought to be done to reform the state’s ABC system.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 7:10PM | news-record.com
Candidate for state Senate has history with SEC
JAMESTOWN — Jeffrey Brommer, a Republican candidate in state Senate District 28, has twice been fined by stock regulators for misleading investors. In both cases, one settled in 1999 and the other in 2008, Brommer was accused of promoting a company’s stock offerings without disclosing he owned some of those shares and benefited from an increase in stock values.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 5:00PM | news-record.com
Animal activists flood Perdue's Facebook page
RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says an inspector has been sent to Robeson County in southern North Carolina after her Facebook fan page was flooded with messages from animal rights activists urging her to investigate claims of abuse at an animal shelter there.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 2:07PM | news-record.com
ABC Commission chair recommends changes
RALEIGH (AP) — The head of the panel that regulates liquor sales in the state has proposed merging some ABC boards while making county governments responsible for how those local boards operate.Multiple media outlets reported the chairman of the state ABC Commission also recommended allowing private retailers to sell liquor in areas where an ABC store wouldn't be profitable.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 1:20PM | news-record.com
Davis pursues Senate seat as independent candidate
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Commissioner Bruce Davis is breaking with the local Democratic party to run as an independent candidate for the state Senate.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 1:09PM | news-record.com
SC legislators OK fines for texting while driving
(By JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press Writer) South Carolina motorists who are caught sending or reading text messages while they drive would be fined $25 under legislation that won key House approval Wednesday.With a 98-18 vote, the House gave second reading to a bill that was criticized as little more than a show, after its fines and penalties were reduced.
Thursday March 11, 2010 12:00PM | charlotteobserver.com
D'Annunzio rival calls on candidate to quit race
(By Jim Morrill, jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com) Fayetteville Republican Lou Huddleston on Wednesday called on 8th District rival Tim D'Annunzio to leave the race, saying "he hasn't shown the disposition and the temperament voters would expect from someone who wants to be their congressman.""If Tim can't change the way he is, he ought to bow out of the race," Huddleston told the Observer.
Thursday March 11, 2010 11:57AM | charlotteobserver.com
Trailblazing S.C. lawmaker freezes to death alone
(By Seanna Adcox, Associated Press) When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the S.C. legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented house four miles from the gleaming State House dome.
Thursday March 11, 2010 11:49AM | charlotteobserver.com
N.C. ABC chief touts proposals
(By Mark Johnson and Rob Christensen, mjohnson@charlotteobserver.com robc.nando.com) The state`s top liquor regulator on Wednesday proposed shrinking the number of local ABC boards in the state through mergers and putting them under the thumb of county governments. Local elected officials would have to answer for how well their liquor stores operate.Jon Williams, chairman of the state ABC Comm ...
Thursday March 11, 2010 11:44AM | charlotteobserver.com
Trash companies offer incentives to reopen landfill
GREENSBORO — Trash companies angling for Greensboro’s garbage business are dangling some nice presents in front of northeastern residents: economic development money, walking trails, a recreation center.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 8:00AM | news-record.com
Google Fiber efforts off-track, bloggers say
GREENSBORO — When the city began its effort to sell Greensboro as a test ground for the Google Fiber project, there was no mistaking the enthusiasm online. Tweets were tweeted, Facebook groups launched, and the city’s many blogs lit up like a tilted pinball machine.read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 8:00AM | news-record.com
Obama nominates Eagles for federal bench
President Barack Obama has nominated Guilford County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Catherine Eagles to be a federal judge in the North Carolina's Middle District, based in Greensboro. From the White House:read more
Thursday March 11, 2010 12:27AM | news-record.com
Spanking-in-schools foes try again
RALEIGH (AP) — Children`s advocates in North Carolina who lost a political tussle over corporal punishment in the public schools last year are trying again this year by focusing on a spanking ban for children with disabilities.read more
Wednesday March 10, 2010 7:28PM | news-record.com
Perdue wants to restore pay cut to state workers
RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to repay state workers for taking away part of their salaries last year to close a budget shortfall.read more
Wednesday March 10, 2010 6:07PM | news-record.com
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