Campaign dispatch, February 3, 2016
• Debategate, round two? Attorney General Roy Cooper and former state Rep. Deborah Ross of Wake County, the Democratic Party’s presumed front-runners for governor and U.S. senate, respectively, still have…
• Debategate, round two? Attorney General Roy Cooper and former state Rep. Deborah Ross of Wake County, the Democratic Party’s presumed front-runners for governor and U.S. senate, respectively, still have…
• Money time! Candidates must update their campaign reports before Sunday, but we have some news about a number of incumbents and challengers. For example: The race for governor between…
Forsyth District Attorney Jim O’Neill made it official yesterday —-he is running for N.C. attorney general. O’Neill’s announcement comes the same day incumbent Attorney General Roy Cooper announced he is…
• Debate day! Eleven Republican presidential contenders will face off at 8 p.m. at the Reagan Presidential Library in California. CNN will air the debate, and the network offers a…
The Winston-Salem Journal reports Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill has asked the state Attorney General’s office to handle the investigation into the fatal crash involving Rep. Larry Womble because…
Gov. Perdue meets with victims’ families as she ponders whether or not to veto the revamped Racial Justice Act. Something tells me she already has her mind made up. Forsyth…
That’s how former Mineral Springs Middle School Principal Randy Fulton described Ralph Surridge when a parent expressed concerns abut her daughter’s relationship with the former drama teacher, who yesterday entered…
The Winston-Salem Journal reports the SBI is investigating allegations that officials with Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools “have violated state laws requiring timely reporting of potential criminal violations — including allegations…
Now we know: Tolly Carr’s blood-alcohol level officially was 0.13 the night he ran over Casey Bokhoven, but may have been much higher at the actual time of the accident.…
That’s what WXII 12 news anchor Tolly Carr yelled to his passenger following the crash that killed Casey Bokhoven. Meanwhile, Bokhoven’s family wants to know why no bond was set…