2026 Elections
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One of Wake County’s last Republican lawmakers pushed 2020 election lies
The insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was an attack on American democracy. In now-deleted posts, state Rep. Mike Schietzelt, a Wake County Republican, defended President Trump’s effort to sow doubt about the 2020 election prior to the attack.
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NC gas tax suspension only goes through November. Democrats wanted to do more.
North Carolina’s gas tax has been suspended through the end of November. While it will provide some temporary relief for consumers amid rising costs, Democrats in the General Assembly hoped to do more to lower costs.
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NC legislators can’t say how much of the gas tax cut will trickle down to drivers
Senate Democrats said there’s no guarantee that retailers will pass the gas tax cuts to drivers as savings.
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis calls vote for Pete Hegseth the ‘biggest regret of my career’ in a new book
Retiring North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis joins a long list of Republicans ratcheting up denunciations of Trump once they had less to lose politically.
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3 things happening in NC: State legislature calls special session as gas prices soar
The GOP state legislature suddenly freaks about gas prices. Plus, a controversial pre-election citizenship check, and Biketoberfest in Charlotte.
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Senate candidate Michael Whatley accepted $27,000 from data center developer
Whatley has said he opposes subsidies for data centers but has accepted tens of thousands from a private equity group that has built a data center in Durham and plans to build one in Lee County.
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Survivor of childhood sexual abuse speaks out against Sarah Stevens in NC Supreme Court race
Beginning at 15, Katie Trout suffered abuse at the hands of a church official in Charlotte. In the years since, she has advocated for legislation to protect victims and hold abusers and institutions accountable. She is also speaking out against the Republican nominee for the NC Supreme Court.
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The federal government tapped $20M for ads glorifying Donald Trump
Two top Democratic senators said that the money for the Trump ads was supposed to go to Customs and Border Protection.
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Jamie Ager, Jennifer Balkcom offer competing NC ‘mountain values’ in unique ads
“These are two ads that only would have been run in NC-11.”
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Opinion: Former NC GOP leader on why he’s voting against a constitutional amendment to limit the income tax
A former Republican leader in the NC General Assembly calls a constitutional amendment limiting income tax “a risky bet.”
