Good morning! ☀️ President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will be in the Raleigh area today, and The News & Observer will have reporters and photojournalists in and outside the rally. The event comes just hours after Biden had his first presidential debate with former President Donald Trump in Atlanta. North Carolina has […]
Good morning! ☀️ Here’s what you need to know about North Carolina politics today, from our team and correspondent Stephanie Loder. HOUSE REPUBLICANS REVIVE EFFORT TO CURB GOVERNOR’S VACANCY APPOINTMENTS House Republicans are moving forward a constitutional amendment to limit the governor’s ability to fill vacancies on the Council of State. The bill, which was […]
Good morning! ☀️ The state budget is coming! Well … a budget. House Speaker Tim Moore announced Wednesday that the House’s budget proposal will be filed sometime Monday night. It’ll then go through committees on Tuesday before being voted on on Wednesday and Thursday. This comes after negotiations between the House and the Senate broke […]
Good morning! ☀️ Here’s what you need to know about North Carolina politics today from our team and correspondent Stephanie Loder. DECISION IN LAWSUIT OVER PROVISIONS OF NC’S ABORTION LAW EXPECTED NEXT WEEK A federal judge is preparing to issue a final ruling on two provisions of North Carolina’s new abortion law that were challenged […]
Good morning! ☀️ Here’s what you need to know in North Carolina politics today. AN INDEPENDENT ON THE BALLOT Danielle Battaglia reports that unaffiliated candidate Shelane Etchison is making North Carolina history. Etchison, an Army veteran, became the first congressional candidate in modern state history to make it on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate, […]
Good morning! ☀️ Here’s what you need to know in North Carolina politics today. The UNC System Board of Governors today is voting on a policy that would rescind current diversity, equity and inclusion mandates, and the impact could be far-reaching for students, staff and faculty of diverse backgrounds. As Korie Dean reports today, the […]
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know in North Carolina politics today. Since today’s newsletter provides a story by Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan about change in downtown Raleigh for government offices, it seems fitting to mention the historic, 100-year-old white oak tree in Nash Square. Anna Johnson reports about the failing health of the tree, […]
Good morning! ☀️ Here’s what you need to know in North Carolina politics today. The general election isn’t until November, but there’s one more election to get through before ballots are set. The second primary election, also known as a runoff, is today in North Carolina. Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board […]
Good morning! ☀️ Here’s what you need to know in North Carolina politics today. On Wednesday, I reported that Democratic members of the secretive Gov Ops committee tried to get documents by making requests themselves, as opposed to the request coming from the entire committee, which is co-chaired by the powerful House Speaker Tim Moore […]
Hello and welcome to your Under the Dome newsletter. Today’s newsletter looks at whether the UNC Board of Governors violated state meetings law when UNC-Chapel Hill students were kept out of the meeting held last week to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion offices on campus. But first, here’s what we learned Monday about the lineup […]
Recently, Fox News host Jesse Watters received backlash after messing up some very basic math and insulting fast food workers in the process. PBD Podcast / youtube.com / Via Twitter: @therecount While speaking with Patrick Bet-David on his PBD podcast, Watters and Bet-David discussed California raising its minimum wage to $20 an hour for fast food […]
Hello and welcome to your Under the Dome newsletter. Kyle Ingram here. North Carolina lawmakers heard two presentations about the state of the judicial system on Thursday. One was a relatively positive look into the operations of the Department of Adult Correction, which has reduced staff vacancies in jails and prisons. The other presentation was […]