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Advanced Auto Parts among companies pulling out of N.C. incentive deals
Advance Auto Parts is one of the latest companies to back out of an incentives package that North Carolina has offered to companies to relocate to the state.
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Treasurer: Towns need oversight from regulators in audits
Some financially strapped small and rural local governments across North Carolina are struggling to file on-time audits with the state, and that has prompted State Treasurer Dale Folwell to call on regulators to take a more active role in addressing the issue before serious problems like careless spending or even embezzlement occur.
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Experts worry about impact of court ruling on disabled voters
A federal judge has blocked North Carolina laws that greatly restrict who can help people with disabilities request absentee ballots, fill them out, and send them back, and that has experts concerned.
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Regulations on bar owners eased in stack of bills signed into law
N.C. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed 11 bills into law Thursday, the closely-watched state budget was not one of them. Among those measures that are now law is H.B. 768, the 2022 ABC Omnibus. It is designed to decrease regulations on bar owners and expand the freedom of alcohol transportation and sales. The House gave...
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Does Pelosi’s support help or hurt Democrats running for Congress?
Three N.C. state senators running for Congress have received the social media equivalent of an endorsement of sorts from Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi shows pictures of candidates running for the House on her Twitter feed, including Sens. Don Davis, of Greene County, Jeff Jackson, Mecklenburg, and Wiley Nickel, Wake, and encourages her followers...
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What does it mean to be patriotic in today’s America?
According to Gallup researchers, Republican patriotism has always outpaced Democrats but the 32-point gap they now see between Republicans and Democrats is the largest gap they've seen since staring the survey in 2001.
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Victory for N.C. hemp industry as N.C. Senate passes bill keeping it legal
Hemp farmers and retailers across North Carolina rejoiced Wednesday afternoon as the Senate voted 41-2 in favor of S.B. 455, Conform Hemp with Federal Law, keeping hemp legal in the state, and removing it from State Controlled Substances Act.
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Raleigh restaurant cancels conservative moms’ reservation after tip from leftist social media troll
A reservation at a Raleigh restaurant for a group of women and men celebrating the end of the school year was cancelled by the restaurant after they say they found out those attending were associated with the Wake County Conservative group Moms for Liberty.
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N.C. House passes bill allowing THC drugs that are FDA-approved
The N.C. House voted Wednesday 92-9 in favor of S.B. 448 which may put a halt to the Compassionate Care Act.
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Senate Democrats propose gas tax rebate for those with a driver’s license
North Carolina Senate Democrats have filed a bill for what they call a $200 gas tax rebate. Only people with a valid driver's license would get the rebate. Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, D-Wake, said they would not support permanently lowering income taxes for everyone. Instead, they call to use $1.3 billion or 20% out of the anticipated $4.2 billion of this year’s state surplus to pay for the rebates.
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Hines now focused on two front campaign
Bo Hines knows he has a different kind of campaign in front of him to win North Carolina’s most competitive congressional district. 3th District. He tells CJ he plans on spending the summer winning over voters one at a time, including the more than 6 in 10 GOP voters that did not support him in the primary.
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N.C. Parent’s Bill of Rights heading to the Senate for a vote
A “Parents Bill of Rights” has cleared the way for a vote in the N.C.Senate after it was discussed Tuesday afternoon in the Senate Rules Committee.
