RALEIGH (AP) A storied conservative political operative and central adviser to former Republican U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms has died. U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle said July 13 that 97-year-old Tom Ellis of Raleigh, North Carolina, died July 12. Boyle is Ellis’ ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina television station has tracked down who’s responsible for a series of ads by dark-money groups attacking state Republicans online and on TV. WRAL reports that the advocacy groups have ties to Michael Weisel, a Democratic elections lawyer ...

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WADESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor has died more than 45 years since serving as the state’s second-highest executive branch official. Taylor died Sunday at his Wadesboro home at age 94, according to Leavitt Funeral ...

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