Politics and Government

Danielle Battaglia, News & Observer – Senators walked back a proposed bill that would ban child marriages in North Carolina, but amended it to match the state’s laws on statutory rape. …
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Lucille Sherman, News & Observer – North Carolinians can still sue a person who has an affair with their spouse, after a handful of lawmakers killed a bill that would …
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WLOS – A new candidate has entered the running for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District seat. Democrat Bo Hess said intends to seek the Democratic nomination in the race. Hess …
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Gary Robertson, AP – More details about why North Carolina state and local government employees and educators were demoted, suspended or transferred would be made public under legislation that cleared …
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Richard Stradling, News & Observer – A bill that had proposed to double the fines for littering in North Carolina has been revised to instead bolster government efforts to clean …
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Bryan Anderson, AP – North Carolina U.S. Rep. Ted Budd announced Wednesday morning that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 2022 Senate election. The staunch ally of former …
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AP – North Carolina income tax filers won’t have to pay interest on payments turned in by the new May 17 deadline in a bill signed into …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – Teachers wouldn’t have to pay $50 a day any more to take a personal leave under a bill that moved forward Tuesday at the statehouse. Right …
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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, News & Observer – A government-transparency bill would make police, teachers’ and other public employees’ disciplinary records public. The bill comes as there is more scrutiny nationwide …
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T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – People who want to work in North Carolina public schools could be required to be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal background check under …
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