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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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A law enacted last year requires 10 counties to test software for verifying voters' signatures on absentee ballot envelopes.
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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.
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A nonprofit run by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife is winding down its primary operations.
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A federal judge says two lawsuits challenging how North Carolina legislators recently tightened same-day voter registration can proceed.
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The N.C. Democratic party has raised $5.26 million for its state and federal campaign accounts. The state Republican Party, meanwhile, has raised over $3.34 million across its accounts.
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North Carolina's legislature could have two lawmakers in their 20s next year, thanks in part to a surprise outcome in a Jacksonville House primary.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will team up in Raleigh, North Carolina, for an event focused on promoting their health care agenda. North Carolina is the final stop on Biden's tour of battleground states since his State of the Union earlier this month.
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The North Carolina Republican Party will meet in Selma Tuesday night to elect a new chairman.