Politics and Government

Brian Murphy, News & Observer – Charlotte fans watching the first Carolina Panthers game of the season will see a football-themed political ad taking on U.S. Senate candidate Pat …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Stress is high in North Carolina prisons, with a functional vacancy rate above 30 percent in facilities across the state. It’s a chronic problem made worse by …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — State senators on Wednesday approved harsher penalties for people who take part in riots. House Bill 805 is similar to other anti-riot laws passed around the country …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — The North Carolina House approved a package of policing reforms Wednesday, including a new duty for officers to report excessive force and new databases – none …
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Avi Bajpai, News & Observer – Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, both running for the Republican nomination in the 2022 U.S. Senate race, reported …
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Will Wright, News and Observer – Of the three leading Republican candidates in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate primary, just one confirmed he would have voted to certify the election of …
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Matthew Burns, WRAL — The state Senate approved a series of changes to North Carolina election laws on Wednesday, including moving up the deadline for mailed absentee ballots to be …
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Will Wright, News and Observer – With an endorsement from former President Donald Trump bestowed upon one of his opponents this weekend, former North Carolina governor and Charlotte mayor Pat …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — A divided U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that North Carolina’s top Republican lawmakers won’t get to defend the state’s voter ID law when …
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Matthew Burns, WRAL – Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration didn’t have the processes in place to monitor how state and local agencies spent more than $3 billion in federal coronavirus pandemic …
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