State lawmakers are moving forward with a bill to prevent future incidents like the controversial Hoke County “chicken nugget” case. Rick Henderson discusses the legislation and updates another controversy involving…
Senator Dan Soucek introduced SB 949 to eliminate the Town of Boone’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. Soucek said it was unfair to keep citizens in an ETJ when there was no reasonable…
With North Carolina’s economy still lagging behind most of its neighbors and much of the rest of the country, John Hood has outlined a new state investment plan in the…
Karen McMahan reports for Carolina Journal Online about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to send armed agents to an Asheville man’s home to question him about email. John…
Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about the latest annexation reform bills moving through the state Legislative Building.
Before state lawmakers were set to address annexation legislation this afternoon, Americans For Prosperity North Carolina hosted a short briefing for forced annexation critics who traveled to Raleigh for the…
Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about the fast-track process the N.C. Senate employed on the opening day of a new legislative session to address annexation bills.
Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about a state lawmaker’s plans to target the cities that challenged North Carolina’s new annexation law in court. John Hood’s Daily Journal discusses…
Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about the lawsuits six N.C. cities have filed opposing the state’s recent annexation reform. John Hood’s Daily Journal offers a case against a…
The Columbus Town Council denied another request for voluntary annexation. No reasons were given. Representatives from Ashley Meadows, a low-income housing development, argued they could no longer afford non-municipal water…
Five NC cities are challenging new state legislation that would “allow landowners to block communities from growing by annexing land.” Asheville is not one of them.
In addition to his Wilmington-area radio appearance, Daren Bakst enlightened News & Observer opinion page readers with a letter rebutting one of the newspaper’s editorials. Bakst discussed the problems linked…