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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 citizens began in the 1997 session of the NC House, when Rep. Hardy introduced House Bill 892, and g...

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 Carolina General Assembly in collaboration with Governor Cooper has weighed in with Senate Bill 220 (Sess...