North Carolina Political News
HELP Act flier
A blog commenter asks (link) about a flier Guilford County voters received touting Rep. Pricey Harrison this summer:read more
Thursday September 2, 2010 8:53PM | news-record.com
Send us your fliers
Labor Day marks the traditional start of the Fall campaign season in North Carolina, which means you’ll be seeing a lot more political advertisements hitting the mailbox and television set, particularly in state legislative races and Congressional campaigns.read more
Thursday September 2, 2010 7:43PM | news-record.com
Polar bears and politics
It’s a truism in politics that one man’s pork is another man’s vital economic development project.read more
Thursday September 2, 2010 4:10PM | news-record.com
Group protests funds for gay pride festival
(By John Monk, jmonk@thestate.com) A prominent Christian-oriented group is objecting to $37,500 in city and county public funding being awarded to a gay and lesbian group that is putting on its annual statewide festival in Columbia this weekend."Our concern is the expenditure of public funds for a festival that is political or indecent or both," said Oran Smith, president of the Columbia-based Pal ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 11:11AM | charlotteobserver.com
Mel Watt cleared by panel
(By Jim Morrill, jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com) A day after an ethics panel dismissed allegations against him, Democratic U.S. Rep. Mel Watt said having his ethics questioned was "humbling and emotionally draining.""After practicing law for 22 years and serving in Congress for 18 years, it has been very humbling and emotionally draining to have been for the first time in my life the focus of a re ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 10:50AM | charlotteobserver.com
Green Party US Senate candidate to open SC office
(The Associated Press) A third-party candidate for U.S. Senate in South Carolina is opening his state campaign headquarters in the capital city.Green Party candidate Tom Clements will talk briefly on Thursday and answer questions as he opens his new office in downtown Columbia near the Statehouse.
Thursday September 2, 2010 8:08AM | charlotteobserver.com
Advisers tell NC gov not to wait on commander hire
(By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press Writer) Gov. Beverly Perdue should avoid putting the leadership of the embattled Highway Patrol into "indefinite limbo" and select its next commander under current rules that prevent an outsider from being appointed, an advisory group recommended Wednesday.The patrol Leadership Advisory Group`s report also suggested several policy changes to ensure patro ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 9:48PM | charlotteobserver.com
Real Jobs NC and Rep. Holliman
I’m writing a story for this coming weekend setting the scene for North Carolina legislative races this fall. While the paper will do district-specific profiles for individual contests later on, this story is more interest in the milieu in which candidates find themselves.read more
Wednesday September 1, 2010 6:18PM | news-record.com
SC Green Party candidate to protest Thurmond name
(By SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press Writer) South Carolina's Green Party gubernatorial candidates hopes to grab attention by picketing in front of a federal building named after the late Sen. Strom Thurmond.Morgan Reeves plans to demand Wednesday that Thurmond's name be removed from the building in downtown Columbia as well as most other buildings and parks across the state.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 2:57PM | charlotteobserver.com
GOP urges York Co. Dems not to hold Sept. 11 rally
(By Matt Garfield, mgarfield@heraldonline.com) York County Republicans are calling on local Democrats to cancel plans for a barbecue dinner and campaign rally on Sept. 11, saying the timing is inappropriate.The day should be reserved for remembering terror attack victims and troops who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, GOP Chairman Glenn McCall said Tuesday.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 2:57PM | charlotteobserver.com
S.C. Rep Joe Wilson's travel investigated
(By James Rosen, McClatchy Newspapers) U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina acknowledged Tuesday that he`s under investigation by the House ethics committee for his use of travel funds while on at least one congressional trip to Afghanistan.Wilson, a Springdale Republican in a tough re-election fight with Democrat Rob Miller, said the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - the of ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:44AM | charlotteobserver.com
N.C. political group acknowledges error in mailer
(The Associated Press) A political organization has acknowledged it erred in a mailer that was critical of the voting record of a North Carolina legislator.The group "Real Jobs NC" is running television ads and campaign-style mailers identifying Democratic candidates who voted for a 2009 state budget that raised $1 billion in additional taxes. One mailer identified Rep. Chris Heagarty of Wake Coun ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:08AM | charlotteobserver.com
DOT finds less clearance than planned under new I-40 bridge
GREENSBORO — Call it the case of the missing 8 inches. N.C. Department of Transportation engineers are trying to figure out why part of a bridge installed over I-40 this weekend has only 16 feet 4 inches of clearance when it was designed to have 17 feet between the bottom of the bridge and the road surface.read more
Wednesday September 1, 2010 7:00AM | news-record.com
Southeast Guilford residents, school board remain at odds
GREENSBORO — It was a matter of agreeing to disagree Tuesday night as the Guilford County Board of Education met with members of the Southeast Guilford community to discuss where to place a new elementary school.read more
Wednesday September 1, 2010 7:00AM | news-record.com
Senate campaign and the Brother’s Grimm
On Monday, Republican Richard Burr put out his first television commercial of the U.S. Senate general election campaign.Democrat Elaine Marshall responded by calling it a “fairy tale” and issuing a rebuttal done up to look like was written on parchment.read more
Tuesday August 31, 2010 10:08PM | news-record.com
Ethics office dismisses Watt probe
Earlier this year, the AP reported (link) that the Office of Congressional Ethics was looking into U.S. Rep. Mel Watt’s fundraising along with seven other Congressmen, most of who worked on a financial services bill.read more
Tuesday August 31, 2010 7:20PM | news-record.com
Greensboro names interim city attorney
GREENSBORO — Becky Jo Peterson-Buie was named Greensboro`s interim city attorney today. Peterson-Buie has worked for the city since 1987, when she was hired as an assistant city attorney, according to a news release. She most recently worked as chief deputy general counsel. Peterson-Buie also was interim city attorney from Dec. 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008.read more
Tuesday August 31, 2010 7:10PM | news-record.com
Greensboro offices to close for Labor Day
GREENSBORO — City of Greensboro offices and facilities will be closed Monday for Labor Day. The holiday schedule includes:read more
Tuesday August 31, 2010 12:16PM | news-record.com
A day with Alvin Greene is a day without many answers
(By Jim Morrill, jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com) Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene traveled by limo from his S.C. home to a Charlotte radio studio Monday, where he danced to a rap song about himself and waltzed around questions about his military record, obscenity charges and issues that seemed to baffle him.Greene was ferried to and from Manning, S.C., as a guest of WBT-AM (1110) and mo ...
Tuesday August 31, 2010 11:16AM | charlotteobserver.com
New C-SPAN bus makes stop on South Carolina coast
(The Associated Press) The new bus from the C-SPAN network is making stops along the South Carolina coast this week.The new high-tech bus that took to the road in June stops at Garrett Academy of Technology in North Charleston on Tuesday, followed by a stop at The Citadel. The Charleston County School of the Arts in North Charleston hosts the bus on Wednesday.
Tuesday August 31, 2010 10:44AM | charlotteobserver.com
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