Charlotte Observer: Politics
- Bill would extend airline fuel tax cap
Wednesday - 02/25/2015 - 12:34 PMAn incentives bill introduced this week would extend the cap on sales tax for American Airlines, the biggest use of Charlotte?s airport.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charlotte City Council tightens ethics rules
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 07:19 AMThe Charlotte City Council tightened its ethics rules for elected officials Monday, requiring council members to tell the public more about their business dealings and forbidding many gifts.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal probe appears to place blame with Duke Energy, not NC DENR
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 08:43 PMWith Friday?s announced agreement for Duke Energy to plead guilty to nine misdemeanor environmental crimes, and pay $100 million in fines and restoration, the yearlong investigation seems to rest on…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VP Joe Biden and Anthony Foxx push transportation proposal
Thursday - 02/19/2015 - 01:16 PMVice President Joe Biden joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx near Charlotte?s Amtrak station Thursday to push for a long-range plan to finance national transportation infrastructure projects.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pittenger: Obama ‘the Neville Chamberlain of our time’
Tuesday - 02/17/2015 - 01:55 PMU.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel Tuesday, where they talked about Iran. He called the Israeli leader the ?Winston Churchill of our time.?Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tax-change renewal could hurt troubled homeowners in North Carolina
Monday - 02/16/2015 - 06:00 AMNC lawmakers are poised to renew a rule requiring homeowners to pay state income taxes on mortgage debt forgiven by lenders ? a move that could cost some homeowners thousands…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For lobbyists and officials, sex not reportable
Friday - 02/13/2015 - 07:42 PMSex between lobbyists and government officials who are covered under North Carolina?s ethics laws does not constitute a gift that must be listed in disclosure reports, the State Ethics Commission…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NC lawmakers help food drive in one of nation’s neediest states
Wednesday - 02/11/2015 - 11:49 AMLegislative leaders helped kick off a statewide food drive that saw retailers donate nearly $100,000 to food banks in a state with one of the nation?s highest rates of food…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charlotte is largest city with no lobbying disclosure
Tuesday - 02/10/2015 - 09:46 PMNearly a year after former Mayor Patrick Cannon?s corruption arrest, Charlotte has declined to consider a reform common in the nation?s biggest cities: Requiring lobbyists to register and report interactions…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats pick Patsy Keever to lead state party
Sunday - 02/08/2015 - 09:00 AMDemocrats meeting in Pittsboro on Saturday elected Patsy Keever of Asheville as chairwoman of the state party.Click to Continue »
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- GOP senators cool to moving 2016 primary
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 04:06 PMSenate Republicans appear reluctant to follow advice of the state party chairman to move back North Carolina?s 2016 presidential primary.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Internal report: Democrats have lost their way
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 01:12 PMDemocrats have become a confused political party with a muddled message and an inability to turn out enough of its loyal voters, a party task force charged with how to…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Foxx: Local, federal governments need to cooperate on transit
Thursday - 02/19/2015 - 01:01 PMU.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, the former mayor of Charlotte, was in town Thursday to emphasize the need for infrastructure investment.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former U.S. Rep. Cass Ballenger dies at 88
Wednesday - 02/18/2015 - 04:22 PMFormer U.S. Rep. Cass Ballenger, a Hickory businessman who spent 38 years in public life, died Wednesday.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Speaker Tim Moore raises salaries for returning staffers
Monday - 02/16/2015 - 09:39 PMNorth Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore approved raises of more than 20 percent for several staffers who have previously worked for him or his predecessor, Thom Tillis.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VP Biden to talk infrastructure in stops in SC and NC
Saturday - 02/14/2015 - 01:58 PMVice President Joe Biden is coming to South Carolina and North Carolina to talk about the importance of investing in infrastructure.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP bill to cut gas taxes, then raise them, wins Senate test
Wednesday - 02/11/2015 - 06:53 PMThe state Senate gave preliminary approval in a 36-14 vote Wednesday to legislation that would cut the state gas tax this year before pushing the tax much higher ? enough…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UNC Charlotte seeks money for new science building
Wednesday - 02/11/2015 - 10:31 AMFifty years after its creation by the N.C. General Assembly, UNC Charlotte is the fastest-growing campus in the University of North Carolina system ? and struggling to keep up with…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senate plan would cut NC gas tax
Monday - 02/09/2015 - 09:17 PMSenate Republicans proposed Monday to make a quick 2.5-cent cut in the state?s chief source of transportation money, the gas tax. At the same time, they would add a new…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. McCrory criticized for claim about workers' comp fraud
Friday - 02/06/2015 - 09:08 PMGov. Pat McCrory is taking heat after saying in his annual State of the State address earlier this week that nearly half of workers' compensation claims paid to state employees…Click to Continue »
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- NC House jobs bill would double cap on incentive grants
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 09:46 PMRepublican state House leaders filed a economic development bill Tuesday afternoon that would significantly expand the money available for Gov. Pat McCrory to offer jobs incentives. The proposal would raise…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carlee finds fire official’s Facebook post ‘offensive’
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 08:08 PMLongtime Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Dulin shared a photo of former Olympian Bruce Jenner on his Facebook page that City Manager Ron Carlee found ?highly offensive and inappropriate.?Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can a Southern military hawk who likes Democrats win GOP nomination?
Friday - 02/20/2015 - 12:56 PMU.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is wading into Iowa and New Hampshire to gauge the viability of a 2016 presidential campaign.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden and Foxx to visit Charlotte Thursday
Tuesday - 02/17/2015 - 04:46 PMVice President Joe Biden will come to Charlotte Thursday with Transportation Secretary ? and former Mayor ? Anthony Foxx.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sen. Jeff Jackson has Senate to himself
Tuesday - 02/17/2015 - 11:41 AMSen. Jeff Jackson finds out what it?s like to be North Carolina?s only senator ? and he likes it.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - On heels of thaw, U.S. ambassadors head to Cuba
Saturday - 02/14/2015 - 02:27 PMCuba is getting an American ambassador.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. Pat McCrory, DOT chief Tata: Review DOT layoffs
Thursday - 02/12/2015 - 06:24 PMThe Senate gave final approval in a 35-15 vote Thursday and sent to the House a complicated measure that would cut the state gas tax in March, forcing 500 layoffs…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Carolina has spent over $100,000 in marriage fight
Wednesday - 02/11/2015 - 06:00 AMOutside lawyers have billed the state of North Carolina more than $107,000 to appeal federal court rulings that have legalized gay marriage in the state, a cost the attorney general…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amid financial questions, Dana Cope resigns as SEANC executive director
Tuesday - 02/10/2015 - 03:22 PMSEANC Executive Director Dana Cope quit two days after a News & Observer story raised questions about his spending practices.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rep. Robert Pittenger: Mel Watt and I are ‘buddies’
Friday - 02/06/2015 - 05:08 PMDespite taking jabs on Twitter at former U.S. Rep. Mel Watt of Charlotte last week, U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger said Friday that the two men are friends.Click to Continue »
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