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The nation's top court will hear arguments over a North Carolina voter identification law, it announced on Wednesday. ...

Kilpatrick Townsend’s Government Relations Team represents a variety of clients across many industries and in all levels of government, with a focus on the North Carolina General...

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By: Steven Rader Thanks both to recent legwork by Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort) and work long ago by former Rep. Sandy Hardy (R-Beaufort), the right of Beaufort County citizens to change our system of electing commissioners by a process of petition and referendum has finally been secured.  Although citizens of most cities and towns in North Carolina have long had this right, Beaufort County is the first county in the state to secure it for citizens.  The effort to secure this right for our ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Since the beginning of 2021, North Carolina educational institutions have been subject to a variety of studies, orders, and directives related to school reopening from Governor Roy Cooper; the State School Superintendent, Catherine Truitt; State Board of Education Chair, Eric Davis; NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen; and the Mecklenburg County Public Health Director, Gibbie Harris.  Now, after a bit of “back-and-forth” the North Carol...

WHQRs Hannah Breisinger and Ben Schachtman discuss the story. The current proposal for Project Grace, New Hanover County’s plan to redevelop the downtown library block, will cost taxpayers $90 million over 20 years in lease payments to the Zimmer Development Company. But by its own calculations, the county could save $24 million if it borrowed the money at the current low interest rates and built the project itself. The county is in a bind. Zimmer has said it will only participate if the proj...

State Treasurer asks owners to donate the Bald Head Island ferry system North Carolina’s State Treasurer has asked the owners of the ferry between Southport and Bald Head Island to give the entire ferry system to the Village of Bald Head Island or the Bald Head Island Transportation Authority (BHITA). By WECT Staff | December 23, 2020 at 4:21 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 4:21 PM RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - North Carolina’s State Treasurer has asked the owners of the ferry between...

The N.C. Supreme Court has affirmed the General Assembly’s control over state spending decisions. A new 6-1 ruling rejects the governor’s attempt to bypass lawmakers in determining how federal block grants should be spent. A 43-page opinion from Justice Sam Ervin IV affirms earlier court rulings upholding state lawmakers’ constitutional power to control money flowing into the state treasury. Justice Anita Earls cast the only dissenting vote. “[W]e hold that the General Assembly did not ...