Though the pandemic may limit the amount of political conversations you have with family members this holiday season, it’s likely you’ll still run into quite a few in the upcoming months. And in a deeply divided political climate, it’s difficult ...

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As Hurricane Florence was thrashing North Carolina earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s leadership amid the devastation won widespread praise, including some from Republican politicians who have been passing laws to undercut him ever since he was elected. He ...

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RALEIGH (AP) There are more comings and goings at the North Carolina House as one Republican member will resign and local activists chose a replacement for a Democrat who stepped down last week. GOP Rep. Linda Hunt Williams of Wake ...

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KINGS MOUNTAIN (AP) A North Carolina Democratic voter decided the grass was greener supporting the Republican candidate in her district — who happens to be powerful state House Speaker Tim Moore — when he surprised her with mowing her lawn. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The repeatedly altered composition of North Carolina’s elections board returned to court July 26 as a proxy for the lengthy power struggle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-dominated legislature. A panel of three trial judges listened for ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House says she plans to quit the race after being criticized for a 2006 blog post that made incendiary remarks about Mexican immigrants. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the N.C. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina legislature returned briefly to business July 24 so Republicans could wrest the seemingly ordinary work of adding titles to proposed constitutional amendments on November ballots out of the hands of a state panel controlled by Democrats. ...

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PFAFFTOWN (AP) A powerbroker in North Carolina Democratic politics for 40 years who helped guide the elected careers of former Govs. Terry Sanford and Jim Hunt while pressing a forward-thinking mantra among state leaders has died. Bert Bennett Jr. died July ...

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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) North Carolina legislators have finalized tougher restrictions upon neighbors of hog farms seeking to sue for damages because of the stench and other nuisances coming from industrial-scale livestock operations. The state Senate agreed June 14 by a 32-9 vote ...

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