(The Center Square) – State Rep. Jason Saine, stalwart leader from Lincoln County in North Carolina’s Republican Party, is tendering his resignation from the House of Representatives effective Aug. 12.
In an email to The Center Square on Monday,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Medicaid expansion has brought an additional 503,967 enrollments in North Carolina since the Dec. 1 implementation.
For context, however, those by genuine choice is 231,030. On the first day, an automatic increase of 272,937 happened... Read more
(The Center Square) – Three men, each with 37 more years left in jail as punishment for robbery at a church, have been given clemency by North Carolina’s governor.
Another convicted robber, age 45 and confined for nearly 30... Read more
(The Center Square) – Violence doesn’t have a place in politics, said North Carolina’s leaders of both major parties in Raleigh and Washington in the aftermath of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Democrats and Republicans posting... Read more
(The Center Square) – Petitions enabling presidential hopefuls Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West for two liberal-leaning parties to appear on ballots in November are under consideration for the third time Tuesday in North Carolina.
The State Board... Read more
(The Center Square) – As pressure grows for President Joe Biden to drop out of this year's election, North Carolina is one of seven swing states drawing attention.
And any potential changes are friendly to the last two weeks'... Read more
(The Center Square) – Teaching students durable skills such as showing up for work on time in addition to academic knowledge and stressing the importance of each is the focus of a new report presented Thursday to North Carolina's State Board of Education.
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(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s health has “obviously had a decline” and left America without a commander in chief “to stand strong, to think well, to think hard for the American people in times of crisis,” says North Carolina’s lone practicing physician in Congress.
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(The Center Square) – Unseated for the best, but clearly a prime destination, North Carolina is runner-up in the annual America’s Top States for Business as ranked by CNBC.
Virginia is No. 1, it's third time in five years... Read more
(The Center Square) – Future North Carolina congressman Addison McDowell and a sheriff from the district say voters should pay attention to what they won’t hear as Vice President Kamala Harris visits on Thursday.
Harris was to be in... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ahead of President Joe Biden's Thursday evening press conference, none of North Carolina’s seven Democrats in Congress are among the 10 nationally with public statements calling for him to exit the race.
Nor have their... Read more
(The Center Square) – The State Board of Elections in North Carolina responded Monday to an inquiry from the Judiciary Committee and House Administration Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The investigation was opened by federal lawmakers, led... Read more
(The Center Square) – Nuclear energy reform legislation that could lower energy bills for North Carolinians has been signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden.
Included in the package was a key proposal from U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson,... Read more
(The Center Square) – The National Football League earned more than $13 billion and distributed more than $400 million in 2023 to each team from national revenue, Sportico reported.
The record distribution comes as teams across the league continue... Read more
(The Center Square) – Sparks flew as the North Carolina Board of Elections decided Tuesday to further delay voting to approve ballot access for the We the People Party and the Justice for All Party.
The Constitution Party, a... Read more
(The Center Square) – Taking a stand for those of low-income and possibly encountering unfair treatment in litigation, Gov. Roy Cooper issued a veto to legislation for which only one General Assembly member objected.
And he’s a Republican.
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(The Center Square) – Appeals, covert work by Gov. Roy Cooper and the litigation effort of BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina have all failed.
Third-party administrative services for the State Health Plan will remain headed to Aetna following... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Biden administration opposes a U.S. House of Representatives bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, announcing it in a statement from the Office of Management and Budget.
Resolution 8281 would do “nothing to safeguard... Read more
(The Center Square) – Legalizing sports gambling was a big bet for North Carolina, and its $7.2 million gain to state coffers from legalized sports gambling in June is a 36.1% decline from May and a 61.7% drop from April.
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(The Center Square) – Citing the electric vehicle industry he’s championed, and again unhappy with how lawmakers wish to comprise a supervisory panel, regulatory reform legislation has been vetoed by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.
He made the move... Read more
