Early voting begins for North Carolina primary runoff races
WUNC – Politics
by Associated Press
1d ago
Early in-person voting has started across North Carolina for next month's runoff elections, including one congressional and two statewide primary contests ..read more
Visit website
Planned Parenthood plans 'unprecedented' $10M North Carolina campaign as abortion battles loom
WUNC – Politics
by Colin Campbell
2d ago
The abortion rights group Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it plans to spend $10 million on North Carolina's election this year — double what the group spent in the 2022 election ..read more
Visit website
Judge strikes down North Carolina law on prosecuting ex-felons who voted before 2024
WUNC – Politics
by Associated Press
3d ago
A federal judge has halted the enforcement of a North Carolina law that made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction when they had simply violated the voting law by mistake ..read more
Visit website
North Carolina legislature reconvenes to address budget, vouchers as big elections approach
WUNC – Politics
by Associated Press
4d ago
Republicans leading the House and Senate are talking about the traditionally “short” session that starts Wednesday to finish by early summer. The legislature’s chief duty in even-numbered years is to adjust the second year of the two-year government operating budget that’s already enacted ..read more
Visit website
North Carolina's top elections official tells lawmakers that county boards need more help
WUNC – Politics
by Rusty Jacobs
1w ago
North Carolina's elections director, Karen Brinson Bell, addressed a joint legislative oversight committee on the challenges the state faces this year as major election law changes, such as the photo ID requirement, take effect ..read more
Visit website
North Carolina sees slight surplus this year, $1B more next year
WUNC – Politics
by Associated Press
1w ago
A new North Carolina forecast from the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration expects revenues during this fiscal year and next to be higher than what's projected in the current state budget ..read more
Visit website
South Carolina Republican pushes Gov. to accept federal summer EBT for hungry kids
WUNC – Politics
by Leoneda Inge, Cole del Charco
1w ago
While some Republican-led states have accepted federal funding for a program that will make getting food during the summer easier for children on free and reduced price lunch, others use it as political football to score points against Biden ..read more
Visit website
Due to financial issues, Mark Robinson family's nonprofit faces North Carolina DHHS probe
WUNC – Politics
by Colin Campbell
1w ago
While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign for governor, she told a state agency a different story ..read more
Visit website
Gov. Cooper's pandemic rules for bars violated North Carolina Constitution, appeals court says
WUNC – Politics
by Associated Press
1w ago
A state Court of Appeals panel ruled unanimously Tuesday that a trial judge erred when he rejected claims by the North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association and private bars that their constitutional rights to earn a living and for equal treatment under the law had been violated ..read more
Visit website
Raleigh Mayor Baldwin announces she will not seek a third term, shares cancer diagnosis
WUNC – Politics
by Eli Chen
1w ago
Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin announced in a video released Tuesday that she will not seek reelection. After dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis last year and her husband’s health issues, she said she wants to devote more energy to herself and her family ..read more
Visit website

Follow WUNC – Politics on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR