Both major party candidates in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race took the bold stand on Friday to call out the mudslinging in campaign ads coming from the other side. Just do not expect either one to stop running attack ads anytime soon.
This week marked the penultimate one in Congress before nearly a month off from session to focus on campaigns.
A new American Insights poll on gay marriage shows that the tide has turned on the issue for North Carolina voters — somewhat.But they don’t want the courts deciding whether legal gay marriage becomes a reality.
It takes a lot to cross the line in political campaigns — which makes it notable that Mark Begich, the Democratic candidate for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat, took down a controversial ad that attempted to paint his opponent as soft on sexual assault.
After facing pressure from business and economic leaders across the state to expand the Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) as funds begin to run dry, Gov. Pat McCrory has decided not to call the N.C. General Assembly back to Raleigh for a special session.“It would be counterproductive and a waste of taxpayer money to bring the General Assembly back when there is no agreement in place on issues already voted on,” McCrory said in a statement Friday.
An Oct. 21 debate hosted by some of the biggest names in North Carolina media might consist of U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis standing in the spotlight — alone.
The exhaustive amount of television ads in North Carolina and other states can be enough to make some want to shoot their TV to make it all stop. At least one person has already done just that.
College students often struggle to land the internships they need to bolster their job chances after graduation.And an August survey conducted by Gallup and Inside Higher Ed shows that many university and college presidents believe their institutions are not coming through for their students on the job front.
Congressional lawmakers were home this week for district work as they round out the five-week August recess — and North Carolina’s delegation was active across the state.
Gay rights advocacy groups have been fighting the state's ban on gay marriage in court since it was passed two years ago, and now they're demanding that Gov. Pat McCrory stops fighting them back.
As the Veterans Affairs scandal continues to taint President Barack Obama's administration, he knew he had a point to prove to an audience of veterans in a Tuesday speech in Charlotte.
Speaker of the N.C. House and U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis’s first general election campaign ad aired this week as attention intensifies on an election that may determine which political party controls the upper chamber.
This is the second in a four-part mini series focusing on different angles of federal campaign finance reform, an issue augmented by the rise of undisclosed spending for candidates.
This is the first in a four-part mini series focusing on different angles of federal campaign finance reform, an issue augmented by the rise of undisclosed spending for candidates.
An additional push to prevent sexual violence on college campuses is coming from the federal leve...
This past week in Washington, members of the N.C. General Assembly worked on a variety of veteran, education and environmental issues.
By 2015, up to 5 million more college students and graduates will be able to cap their monthly federal student loan payments.
As a part of the ongoing series on news from Capitol Hill about North Carolina, we look at last week's events, including VA reform and the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
Lt. General Richard Zilmer is not a climate scientist, but he knows how to prepare for a risky situation — and climate change, he says, is looming.
November’s primary election is set to be one of the most contested in the nation, pitting two candidates with plenty of funding — but low approval ratings — against each other.