Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Charlotte today to unveil a massive new investment of $20 billion in climate and clean energy projects. The funding release is part of the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion initiative established under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Harris will give the speech at the Naomi Drenan Center in Cotswold, where she will be joined by EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Governor Cooper, and Mayor Vi Lyles: Following her speech, she will proceed to Uptown to cut the ribbon on a new Biden campaign field office (one of 10 such offices t ..read more

Former Charlotte Mayor and NC Governor Pat McCrory has just announced that he is stepping down from the centrist group No Labels. McCrory, who became the co-chairman of the No Labels Party in 2023, officially notified the group of his resignation this week as the party is currently in the process of selecting a presidential nominee for this coming November’s election. McCrory didn’t detail the reasons behind his departure, other than expressing a desire to dedicate more time to his family. Pat McCrory Steps Down From No Labels as Group Prepares for Third-Party Presidential Ticket This comes j ..read more

Today on “Super Tuesday”, North Carolina voters will be casting their ballots today in the 2024 primary elections, a pivotal moment for selecting candidates for key roles including the U.S. presidency, Congress, governor, and attorney general. Ahead of today’s in-person voting, election officials with the NCSBOE report that nearly 700,000 North Carolinians have already early voted, a number significantly higher than in past primaries. Unlike in the South Carolina primary, where party affiliation didn’t matter, NC voters must adhere to their registered political party or a nonpartisan option, i ..read more

As the 2024 presidential primaries approach, all eyes are now on South Carolina and their Republican primary scheduled for Saturday, Feb 24th. Former Governor Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump are actively campaigning in the state, each seeking to sway the pivotal electorate. Haley, emphasizing her unity message and foreign policy expertise, recently spoke in Rock Hill and Sumter, criticizing Trump for his approach to foreign leaders. According to the latest Winthrop University poll, Trump is leading in the South Carolina primary, with him and Haley tied at 42 percent among indepen ..read more

This week both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are visiting the Carolinas. Vice President Harris will be speaking in Charlotte today, coinciding with President Biden’s campaign speech in Charleston this week. In Charlotte, Vice President Harris will focus on the Biden Administration’s initiatives to curb gun violence. She will be meeting with educators, counselors, parents, gun safety advocates, and local and state officials. Harris is expected to talk about ways to reduce gun violence during a roundtable discussion at Eastway Middle School. The talk will be held just a fe ..read more

This week marks the beginning of the 2024 campaign season, with both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visiting the Carolinas. Vice President Harris is scheduled to be in Charlotte on Thursday, coinciding with President Biden’s campaign speech in Charleston. In Charlotte, Vice President Harris will focus on the Biden Administration’s initiatives to curb gun violence. She will be meeting with educators, counselors, parents, gun safety advocates, and local and state officials. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is also set to attend. During her visit, Harris will annou ..read more

On Friday, the Biden Administration announced the allocation of $8.2 million for the development of new passenger train corridors across the United States, including funding for the high-speed rail corridor between Charlotte and Atlanta. This ambitious project, spanning North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, has been just been granted an additional $500,000 for feasibility studies and route planning. The initiative follows the completion of a Tier I Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the signing of a Record of Decision (ROD) in 2021 by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in c ..read more

Former acting US House Speaker Patrick McHenry has just announced plans to step down from the United States Congress after one of the most heated and divisive years in the history of the US House of Representatives. He stepped in as the acting House Speaker on October 3rd after McCarthy was voted out by Matt Gaetz and 7 other MAGA Republicans. McHenry made the announcement on the platform formerly known as Twitter, saying he will not run for reelection after his current term ends in 2025. He’s currently representing North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District, stretching from the outskirts of ..read more

North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is now in hot water after holding a press conference as ‘acting governor’ while Governor Cooper is away in Japan to proclaim a “North Carolina Solidarity With Israel Week”. The move is being met with criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, who reference Robinson’s past comments that many view as anti-Semitic. One of Robinson’s most controversial moments came from an interview with Sean Moon on his podcast “The King’s Report”. During the interview, Moon said, “When Hitler genocide all those folks the Jews and the gypsies etc in Germany ..read more

President Biden is now looking at North Carolina as potentially the most important state in the nation to win in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. While a Democrat hasn’t won North Carolina since Barack Obama in 2008, Biden’s team is now seeing a path to victory due to changing political factors in our state, such as increasing abortion bans, the most expensive governor’s race in history, and steady population growth in urban and suburban areas. Party leaders are also urging the Biden campaign and DNC to invest heavily in the Tar Heel, arguing that without the state, Republicans lack a ..read more