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North Carolina Senate panel passes measure to streamline state hiring
The bill would grease staffing gears at state agencies, but does not address low pay.
Daily Archives: May 28, 2024
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Roy Cooper shops for foreign investment in Germany
Germany is the second-largest source of foreign direct investment in North Carolina behind Japan.
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SCOTUS rejects review of Florida case challenging 6-person juries
Justice Neil Gorsuch urged Florida voters to step in where he believes the high court fell short and change the law.
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Study: Florida’s 6-week abortion ban increase wait times in North Carolina, Virginia
North Carolina experienced the sharpest increases, with wait times rising in half of the state’s 16 clinics.
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Texas runoffs put Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, state’s GOP House Speaker in middle of party feud
Gonzales has clashed with some hard-right Republicans, calling them ‘scumbags.’
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United Auto Workers union files objection to Mercedes vote, accuses company of intimidating workers
‘Let’s get a vote at Mercedes in Alabama where the company isn’t allowed to fire people, isn’t allowed to intimidate people, and isn’t allowed to break the law and their own corporate code, and let the workers decide.’
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Libertarians nominate Chase Oliver for President, spurning both Donald Trump and Robert Kennedy Jr.
Oliver calls for major cuts to the federal budget with an eye toward balancing the budget, the abolition of the death penalty, and the closure of all overseas military bases and ending of military support to Israel and Ukraine.
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At North Carolina’s GOP convention, Governor candidate Mark Robinson energizes Republicans for election
Before Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s GOP candidate for Governor, even stepped on stage at the state party’s convention Saturday, several state candidates took time in their own speeches to energize the crowd by vouching for Robinson’s gubernatorial bid. When the state’s lieutenant governor did take to the stage more than an hour and a half…
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In one North Carolina county, it’s ‘growth, growth, growth.’ But will Joe Biden reap the benefit?
Just how much the influx of federal and private sector money affects the political dynamics in North Carolina and beyond will have a lot to say about who will win November’s presidential election.
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In Donald Trump’s hush money trial, prosecutors and defense lawyers are poised to make final pitch to jury
After the closing arguments are given, the judge will instruct the jury, likely Wednesday, on the law governing the case and the factors it can take into account during deliberations.