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Rep. Warren’s car-charging bill awaits governor’s approval
SALISBURY — With a long session slowing to an end, Rowan County legislators are pushing their bills through ...
Politics
County Board of Elections declines to shorten one-stop voting hours
SALISBURY — The Rowan County Board of Elections decided Tuesday to keep the same hours as last year ...
News
As governor makes offer, efforts to advance NC budget stall
By Gary D. Robertson and Amanda Morris Associated Press RALEIGH — The drive to enact a new state ...
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More candidates file in municipal elections Tuesday
As the window remains open for candidates to file for local offices in the November elections, more have ...
Politics
Political Notebook: General Assembly again considering budget after veto
Since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget on June 28, there has been little progress made between ...
News
Salisbury faces question: What authority does it have around ‘Fame?’
SALISBURY — Last month, residents met at the Salisbury Civic Center to give their feedback on what the ...
Politics
Democrat Mansfield drops out of NC’s 2020 Senate race
RALEIGH (AP) — A former North Carolina state lawmaker has dropped out of the state’s 2020 U.S. Senate ...
Politics
11 candidates file for municipal office on first day
By Samuel Motley samuel.motley@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Starting at noon Friday, candidates for municipal office began trickling into the ...
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As municipal filing nears, candidates weigh whether to run
SALISBURY — To run or not to run is the question for many municipal leaders as filing for ...
Politics
Rowan County residents look to establish local chapter of national Veterans Party
SALISBURY — Billy Fincher of Rowan County believes North Carolina needs a political party that is for the ...
News
Files from dead mapmaker focus of NC redistricting hearing
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Documents recovered from the house of a deceased Republican mapmaker ...
News
County considers $18.93 million West End Plaza proposal
SALISBURY — On Monday, the Rowan County commissioners considered a proposed design for renovating a section ofWest End ...
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Political notebook: Forest defends self after Salisbury church speech
Lt. Gov. Dan Forest is facing criticism after a June 23 speech at Salisbury’s Cornerstone Church in which ...
News
NC redistricting fight turns to state courts after ruling
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled federal courts ...
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NC gerrymandering architect’s files figure in census, map cases
By Gary D. Robertson and Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press RALEIGH — During his long career drawing legislative maps ...
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‘Powerful tool’: Local officials react to gerrymandering ruling
SALISBURY — When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the drawing of congressional districts is beyond its ...
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Truce declared in US-China trade war as 2 rivals seek breakthrough
By Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller Associated Press OSAKA, Japan — President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping ...
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County Republicans prepare for a ‘rising red tide’ at Lincoln Reagan Dinner
SALISBURY — Rowan County Republicans are ready for 2020. At their annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Friday at ...
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Cooper vetoes GOP budget, calling it ‘an astonishing failure’
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed the Republican-drawn state budget ...
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Legislature-approved budget would bring money for Rowan projects
SALISBURY — Rowan County could see funding for several big projects, including the N.C. Transportation Museum, Bell Tower ...
News
NC Republicans satisfied with map ruling; another suit coming
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Republicans were satisfied and election advocacy groups were ...
Politics
Supreme Court: Partisan gerrymandering none of our business
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that partisan gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts is none ...
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GOP’s final budget gets initial approval from legislature
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Legislators gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a final budget agreement ...
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Republicans unveil compromise budget without Cooper demands
By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Republicans rolled out Tuesday the details of a compromise state ...
News
State Board of Elections leads voter ID training
SALISBURY — To begin educating voters ahead of the 2020 elections, a State Board of Elections official stopped ...
Politics
Political notebook: State budget meeting fails to produce agreement
Gov. Roy Cooper and leaders of the General Assembly met Friday for an hour to discus the state ...
Politics
County Republican leaders look forward to 2020
SALISBURY — President Donald Trump formally announced his plan to seek re-election on Tuesday, and Rowan County legislators ...
Rowan County
Commissioners look to streamline county departments
SALISBURY — On Monday, the Rowan County commissioners voted to bring in a consulting group to review the ...
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