Colin Campbell
Capitol Bureau ChiefColin Campbell has covered North Carolina politics and state government since 2014, starting as a reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh. He later led the NC Insider state government news service before moving to Business North Carolina magazine to launch its daily political newsletter, the North Carolina Tribune.
Prior to entering the wild world of state politics, Colin covered Raleigh city government and Johnston County for the N&O. He's a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's journalism school who started his media career at age 14, working as a news reader, classical music host and alternative rock DJ for Charlottesville, Va., radio stations WNRN and WTJU.
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The abortion rights group Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it plans to spend $10 million on North Carolina's election this year — double what the group spent in the 2022 election.
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Gov. Roy Cooper released his proposal budget Wednesday as state lawmakers returned to Raleigh to begin the short session.
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While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign for governor, she told a state agency a different story.
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One of the biggest upsets — and closest races — in last month’s primary took place in northeastern North Carolina. In a state House race to serve Halifax, Warren and Northampton counties, longtime Representative Michael Wray lost to challenger Rodney Pierce.
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Nearly 11% of North Carolina’s population is Latino, but the state has no Latino elected officials serving in the legislature and statewide offices. Groups within the Democratic and Republican parties are making efforts to change that.
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has said a loving approach to discipline misbehaving children is to “beat them in a circle,” but his campaign won’t say if he thinks schools should bring back corporal punishment.
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Ahead of Japanese prime minister's visit, pharmaceutical company announces 680 jobs in Holly SpringsThe Japanese company FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies announced Thursday that it's adding 680 jobs to a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Holly Springs.
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NC House Speaker Tim Moore says the legislature should add $300 million to the state's private school voucher program to address higher-than-expected demand for help paying tuition.
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Two of the Republican Party's biggest donors are hosting a fundraiser for Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Michele Morrow.
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U.S. Reps. Kathy Manning of Greensboro and Valerie Foushee of Orange County spent several days in Israel last week. The trip was sponsored and paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, an affiliate of AIPAC, which has funneled large campaign contributions to Manning, Foushee and most of North Carolina’s congressional delegation.