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Congress to honor Bob Dole on Wednesday

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole has been known as a soldier, a legislator and a statesman. And, locally, he has been ...

Local

Actions from the General Assembly: Three days in review

In what N.C. Sen. Dan Barrett called an “extenuation of 2017’s long session,” the North Carolina General Assembly ...

Elections

Filing for candidacy in 2018: Who, when, where and how

SALISBURY — With talk of congressional and judicial redistricting, uncertainty surrounds legislative and local elections for 2018. The ...

Local

North Carolina receives scorecard on LGBTQ equality

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation on Wednesday released its fourth annual State Equality Index, assessing state legislation as it affects ...

Local

Lawmakers must redraw district maps again

The ruling came late Tuesday from a panel of three federal judges: North Carolina’s congressional district maps were ...

Elections

Congressional hopeful raises $530,000 in first month

Just one month after launching her campaign to represent North Carolina’s 13th District in Congress, Democrat Kathy Manning of ...

Local

The General Assembly reconvenes today: What could lawmakers discuss?

The North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene at 10 a.m. today in Raleigh, and the number of items ...

Local

Chamber of Commerce reinstates Mayors’ Roundtable

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce hosted 2018’s first quarterly Mayors’ Roundtable and Government Affairs Committee meeting ...

News

Judges rule that North Carolina must redraw GOP’s gerrymandered map

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Federal judges ruled Tuesday that North Carolina’s congressional district map ...

Elections

Horace Stainback enters congressional race for N.C.’s 8th district

By Andie Foley andie.foley@salisburypost.com The U.S. congressional race for North Carolina’s 8th district will no longer be uncontested. ...

Local

Potential judicial reform and redistricting causes concern in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE — A “silent march” protesting proposed judicial redistricting and changes to the way judges are seated was ...

Local

New year, new legislation for North Carolina

The dawning of 2018 brought with it 20 new laws for North Carolina. The laws will affect business, ...

Local

Sen. Thom Tillis celebrates 2017 successes for service members and veterans

As many prepare to toast to “Auld Lang Syne,” elected officials are taking the end of the year ...

News

Rowan County congressmen vote to pass tax cut package

Local Congressmen Ted Budd and Richard Hudson joined their Republican colleagues Tuesday in supporting the tax overhaul bill that ...

Elections

Political Notebook: Shots fired in the 2018 congressional race

The race is on for congress in 2018, and things are already getting heated. In North Carolina’s 13th ...

Elections

Greensboro philanthropist to run for Congress

Greensboro businesswoman and community activist Kathy Manning says she is running for Congress to represent North Carolina’s 13th ...

Nation/World

U.S. House passes bill sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson to expand gun owners’ rights

By Matthew Daly and Richard Lardner Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans pushed through the House Wednesday a bill sponsored ...

Elections

Al Heggins is first African-American woman elected mayor of Salisbury

SALISBURY — Most of Tuesday night’s City Council meeting was taken up by applause and standing ovations as ...

Elections

Hovis, Spencer grapple with election issue

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SPENCER — Sharon Hovis expected a roadblock or two on her way to holding a ...

News

Rep. Richard Hudson’s concealed-carry gun legislation passes committee vote

A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson to allow people with concealed-carry gun permits to carry firearms ...

News

Political Notebook: Reps. Ted Budd, Richard Hudson praise U.S. House tax cut legislation

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed major tax legislation by a slim margin and along party ...

Elections

The votes are in: no changes from Tuesday

SALISBURY — The votes for the 2017 Rowan County municipal elections are in and official. Countywide, the totals ...

Elections

Only 10 votes separate top contenders in Salisbury election

SALISBURY — In a back room of the Rowan County Board of Elections office, about a dozen people ...

Elections

Heggins remains top vote-getter in Salisbury election

SALISBURY — First-time candidate Al Heggins remains the top vote-getter in the Salisbury City Council election. The Rowan County ...

Local

The 2017 City Council election, by the numbers

By Elizabeth Cook and Jessica Coates news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Once again, only one black candidate — Al Heggins ...

Elections

At least 69 ballots still to be counted in 2017 election

SALISBURY — Forty-seven mail-in absentee ballots and 22 provisional ballots have yet to be counted in Tuesday’s municipal elections, ...

Elections

Voter turnout for Rowan County breaks no records

By Andie Foley and Shavonne Potts SALISBURY — Voter turnout in Tuesday’s Rowan County municipal elections increased only ...

Elections

Ponds received 166 of 170 write-in votes for mayor in Granite Quarry

GRANITE QUARRY — Former Mayor Mary Ponds, for whom a write-in campaign was waged heading into Tuesday’s election, ...

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