by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Republicans are using their veto-proof majority in North Carolina in a first to push through a budget while refusing amendments from Democrats, a report said. NC Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and NC House Speaker Tim Moore have said they plan to hold a vote on the $23 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2018 LGBTQ advocates are reportedly on the fence over whether Apple should build a corporate hub in North Carolina. Apple is said to be close to deciding on the project, to be built in the Raleigh-Durham area, which could create up to 10,000 jobs, a North Carolina economic development official […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2018 Wake County in North Carolina has stopped offering a publicly-funded class at a local law enforcement training center in which participants could shoot an AR-15, a local news report said. Meanwhile, Democrats in the North Carolina legislature proposed new gun laws during a press conference on March 19, the […]
uby WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2018 Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is calling for an investigation into what he referred to as a $58 million “slush fund” set up by current Gov. Roy Cooper linked to permitting for the advancement of a natural gas pipeline. “The people of North Carolina will not stand for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2018 The North Carolina Senate on Feb. 9 passed legislation that will redirect what was being called a $58 million “slush fund” of Gov. Roy Cooper to local school districts. The fund was linked to permitting for the advancement of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline that will […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2018 The North Carolina business community should use its “political capital” to urge the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to halt new tax cuts that are scheduled to take effect next year, Gov. Roy Cooper said on Feb. 5. Cooper, a Democrat, made the comment at the Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2017 Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to award former Attorney General Loretta Lynch with the state’s highest civilian honor for public service is “an insult to the people of our state,” the executive director of the NC Values Coalition said. The awards are administered by the N.C. Department of Natural and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2017 North Carolina is hoping that a new budget initiative with enhanced incentives for businesses will entice Amazon to choose the Tar Heel state as the location for its second headquarters. Earlier this month, Seattle-based Amazon said it would spend $5 billion in construction and hire up to 50,000 high-paying […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2017 A North Carolina resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the destruction of voting records from the 2016 election. David W. Goetze, a retired Army major with the Military Police Corps, filed the suit against Gov. Roy Cooper in the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, asking […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2017 Three activists with ties to the communist Workers World Party have been arrested and charged with felonies for their roles in the Aug. 15 toppling of a Confederate statue in Durham, North Carolina. Takiyah Thompson, a student at North Carolina Central University, was charged with two felonies related to […]
