Sara Burrows reports that as many as six nominees for Council of State races may be decided in a July runoff. Contenders include some familiar faces, such as former House…
Take note of the young lady standing to the left of former co-House Speaker Richard Morgan as he clubbed it up in Raleigh. Make sure you scroll down to get…
Earlier this year, Governor Easley used a bunch of cute kids in a television commercial promoting water conservation. Now, the Atkinson campaign has a bunch of cute kids declare, “If…
Dr. Daniel Govotti testified at today’s ehtics committee hearing that he was a friend of Wilmington Rep. Thomas Wright and agreed to serve as a board member of Wright’s community…
District 10: Democrat Van Braxton leads Republican Willie Ray Starling in the race for Republican Stephen LaRoque’s seat, 57-43 with 39 percent of precincts reporting District 52: Republican Joe Boylan…
Democrat Jimmy Love and Republican Tim McNeill are battling for John Sauls’ seat in House District 51. With 30 percent of the precincts reporting, Love holds the lead: 56 percent…
House District 52 features an unusual race to replace outgoing Speaker Pro Tem Richard Morgan, R-Moore. Joe Boylan beat Morgan in a bitter primary, and he now faces two unaffilated…
A recent article by the Independent suggested that if only Wake County would agree to increase the property tax rate, the county’s budget problems would disappear. Those of us of…
N.C. House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, sat in the back of the House chamber this afternoon — as his colleagues voted on two issues linked to controversies surrounding the speaker.…
In the final unofficial returns from Moore County, Joe Boylan unseated Republican Speaker Pro Tem Richard Morgan by 333 votes. These numbers are not final until elections official count provisional…
The latest numbers give Joe Boylan a 52-48 margin over Richard Morgan, a margin of about 330 votes. In the hotly contested Durham D.A. race, Mike Nifong now leads Freda…
Moore County now has 96 percent of its precincts reporting — and challenger Joe Boylan still has a 10-point lead over incumbent Rep. Richard Morgan (55 percent to 45 percent).…