Politics

Political Notebook: Heggins elected chair of 13th District Democrats

Al Heggins, the mayor pro tem of Salisbury, has been elected chair of North Carolina’s 13th District Congressional ...

News

Census delays may move elections in many municipalities to 2022 in bill moving through state Senate

RALEIGH (AP) — Charlotte, Raleigh and roughly three dozen other cities and towns in North Carolina would shift ...

News

President marks vaccine progress, thanks troops ahead of holiday

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden started the Memorial ...

State News

Budget impasse among NC Republicans breeds impatience

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders are growing impatient as ...

News

State tax cut plan includes virus aid for businesses

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — A broad tax cut proposal from North Carolina Senate Republicans ...

Politics

U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Jackson makes stop in Salisbury during ‘100 counties in 100 days’ tour

SALISBURY — State Sen. Jeff Jackson on Monday stopped at City Park to talk with locals about the ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Gov. Cooper issues executive order to encourage increase in employment

Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order Friday directing the N.C. Department of Commerce to encourage and help ...

Nation/World

National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. ...

News

House narrowly approves $1.9B to fortify Capitol after riot

By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday narrowly approved $1.9 ...

Politics

Local lawmakers caution against using too much from federal COVID relief for state expenses

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Though $5.7 billion in federal funds can go a long way to ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Rowan’s lawmakers pass 140 bills into the opposite chamber before deadline

With the deadline for bills in the North Carolina General Assembly to pass into the opposite chamber gone, ...

Politics

Rep. Amber Baker discusses legislative session during Rowan Democrats breakfast meeting

Rowan County Democrats this weekend heard from Rep. Amber Baker, a Democrat from Forsyth County, about a slew ...

News

GOP leaders differ on bottom line for state spending

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A big question within North Carolina state government at ...

Politics

N.C. lawmakers advance bill barring mandatory COVID-19 shots

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a proposal ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Bills from local lawmakers advance to other chamber

State lawmakers in Raleigh continue to push through their bills as filing deadlines and the end of the ...

Politics

Rep. Ted Budd talks issues, possible Trump endorsement in 2022 U.S. Senate race

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Congressman Ted Budd, a Republican and Davie County native who announced his ...

News

Judges set to decide after North Carolina’s voter ID trial ends

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A trial on North Carolina’s latest photo voter identification ...

News

Biden pushes economic plan in Georgia, calls for rich to pay more

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden took his pitch ...

News

NC House speaker says transgender sports bill has been set aside

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly won’t advance legislation this ...

Politics

Congressman Ted Budd enters U.S. Senate race as self-proclaimed ‘liberal agenda crusher’

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Self-proclaimed “liberal agenda crusher” and Davie County native Rep. Ted Budd has ...

Politics

Rep. Ted Budd enters North Carolina U.S. Senate race

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina U.S. Rep. Ted Budd announced Wednesday morning that he will seek the Republican ...

News

State’s new congressional seat no surprise, but implications on statewide redistricting remain to be seen

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — While 2020 Census data released Monday shows North Carolina will gain another ...

Politics

Cooper address focuses on COVID, finding agreement with GOP

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper recalled the pain and courage stemming from the COVID-19 ...

Politics

Political Notebook: Rep. Sasser talks Medicaid expansion, bills advancing to Senate

SALISBURY — With deliberations about the 2021-23 biennial state budget on the horizon, Rep. Wayne Sasser says conversations ...

Politics

Local lawmakers take stance against ‘vaccine passports’ in letter to governor, legislation

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — With a growing number of Americans receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, a discussion about ...

News

 Caitlyn Jenner running for California governor

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner’s decision Friday to enter the ...

Politics

Rowan’s Sen. Ford backs ‘Election Integrity Act’ to move up absentee ballot deadlines

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sen. Carl Ford, a China Grove Republican, has joined nearly 20 other ...

Coronavirus

Cooper plans to lift gathering, distancing limits by June 1

By Bryan Anderson Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said on Wednesday that ...

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