The Waxhaw Town Council called a special meeting tonight to discuss the actions of Mayor Daune Gardner. Gardner was arrested last week after police say she was speeding and swerving.
6/18/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
The state Senate tabled a vote on a new tax plan. The bill is being held in hopes of reaching a compromise with the House, before it gets sent back to them. As it stands, the plan would lower individual income tax rates while gradually repealing corporate taxes.
6/18/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Staff
The state party released a signed settlement agreement Monday settling an internal complaint last month filed against Chairman Randy Voller. The complaint accused Voller of exceeding his authority by dismissing the executive director and appointing several donors to a party governing board.
6/17/2013 - By: Associated Press
More than 80 people are facing criminal charges after the seventh week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP. The NAACP focused its near-weekly demonstrations Monday on environmental and health policies in the Republican-controlled General Assembly.
6/17/2013 - By: Associated Press
State Sen. Bob Rucho, a Mecklenburg County Republican, has resigned from his post as co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The Associated Press says Rucho submitted his resignation effective earlier this week.
6/13/2013 - By: Loretta Boniti
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger unveiled a tax plan Tuesday that marks a dramatic shift from an earlier proposal. Senate leaders say it will make the state more attractive to job-creating businesses and provide substantial tax relief to working families.
6/12/2013 - By: Linnie Supall
Lawmakers are considering opening new areas for concealed permit holders to carry or store their weapons. The Senate expanded on a House bill Tuesday by broadening the Concealed Carry Expansion bill, while several police chiefs questioned the safety of that move.
6/11/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
The first Vice Chair of the state Democratic Party is resigning from her post citing conflict in with party chairman Randy Voller.
6/11/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Eighty-four people were arrested Monday night in the sixth round of protests at the General Assembly. Political scientists say the arrests are critical in drawing attention to the organization's cause but don't think it's having any effect in trying to change the minds of Republican lawmakers.
6/11/2013 - By: Heather Moore
The state Senate is expected to give its final approval Tuesday to repeal the Racial Justice Act, the law that allows death row inmates to challenge their sentences based on racial factors. If the bill does become law, it would not only repeal the Racial Justice Act but also aims to restart executions in North Carolina.
6/11/2013 - By: Linnie Supall
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has been approved by the Senate Commerce Committee for U.S. Secretary of Transportation. President Barack Obama nominated him for the position in April. Foxx must still be confirmed by the full Senate. No date for that vote has been set.
6/10/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Homeowners in the city of Charlotte will pay more in property taxes. The Charlotte City Council approved its budget and capital plan Monday night. The nearly $2 billion spending plan includes the first city property tax hike since 2006.
6/10/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
The group Progress N.C. Says it will deliver the signatures this afternoon ahead of the NAACP's Moral Monday protests. The petitions call for caps on class sizes and an end to a plan to provide public money for private school vouchers.
6/10/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
The North Carolina Republican Party now has a new leader as the state GOP Convention wraps up on Sunday. On Saturday, the party elected a new chairman Claude Pope of Bald Head Island.
6/9/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Staff
North Carolina's Republican Party is holding its annual convention in Charlotte this weekend. The convention runs through Sunday at the Charlotte Convention Center. Former presidential advisor Karl Rove and former Sen. Scott Brown are scheduled to speak.
6/7/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Over the two months, there have been five “Moral Monday” protests at the General Assembly, with more than 300 arrests. But what doesn't make the headlines is how much these protests are costing taxpayers.
6/6/2013 - By: Heather Moore
The Greensboro City Council voted 5-4 to sell the property for $490,000 after a heated discussion Tuesday night. With new tenants, the city hopes to transform the rundown part of town and attract new businesses to the shopping center. At the top of their list is to bring in a grocery store.
6/5/2013 - By: Brittany Edney
Testimony from several current and former North Carolina politicians marked the first day of the redistricting hearing in Raleigh. Former State Senator Eric Mansfield says the district map changes in 2011 caused a split in all the precincts including his own neighborhood.
6/4/2013 - By: Andy Mattison
In a 3-2 vote commissioners decided to put the issue on the May 2014 ballot instead of the November 2013 ballot, arguing there would be better voter turnout for countywide elections next primary season. The bond will ask voters to approve or reject a sales tax increase to finance a new $56 million high school.
6/4/2013 - By: Brittany Edney
The House Transportation Committee will debate a bill Tuesday that would hand management of US Airways' top hub to a 13-member authority made up of appointees from Charlotte, five surrounding counties, the state legislature and the governor.
6/4/2013 - By: Associated Press
House Republicans plan to have their version of a North Carolina state government budget finished by the end of next week. That would give them and Senate GOP leaders two weeks to attempt to negotiate a final deal before the new fiscal year begins July 1.
6/3/2013 - By: Associated Press
State Rep. Tricia Cotham is recovering in the hospital from a collapse. The 34-year-old Charlotte Democrat is five and a half months pregnant. She was at Tweetsie Railroad with her son when she collapsed Saturday.
6/3/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Prosecutors are expected to call one more witness Monday before former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque takes the stand in his fraud trial in Greenville. LaRoque is accused of taking money from his nonprofits, East Carolina Development Company and Piedmont Development Company.
6/3/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Several substantial matters have set House Republicans and Gov. Pat McCrory against Republican leaders in the Senate. They include completing tax overhaul plans, the budget and the future of the Dorothea Dix mental hospital property.
6/3/2013 - By: Associated Press
The White House announced President Obama will be in Charlotte on Thursday on the latest stop of his "Middle-Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour.'' He's already made tour stops in Austin, Tex., and Baltimore. The tour is designed to highlight ways to reignite economic growth that he discussed in his State of the Union address.
5/31/2013 - By: Associated Press
President Barack Obama will be joined by college students at the White House on Friday morning to call on Congress to pass his plan to keep interest rates on federally-subsidized student loans from doubling on July 1.
5/31/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Senate GOP leaders rolled out a bill Thursday that largely follows the framework they offered three weeks ago and would greatly expand the number of services subject to the sales tax. The House Finance Committee began debating the chamber's Republican plan, which would also lower rates but only expand the sales tax base slightly.
5/30/2013 - By: Loretta Boniti
The rule, established by the National Park Service in an effort to protect endangered animals, allows vehicles to drive on 41 of the seashore's 67 miles of beaches, depending on the time of the year. Lawmakers in Washington say limiting vehicle access is an economic detriment.
5/30/2013 - By: Michael Scotto, Washington, D.C. Bureau
The Senate Education Committee will debate the so-called "Back to Basics'' bill Wednesday. The bill requires school boards to ensure all of their students can create readable cursive documents by the end of fifth grade and can show they've memorized multiplication tables.
5/29/2013 - By: Associated Press
A legal procedure initially approved by North Carolina Democrats four years ago for condemned inmates who argue racial bias led to their death sentences is close to being repealed by Republicans at the General Assembly.
5/29/2013 - By: Associated Press
After a busy week of budgeting for the state Senate, the House is ready to buckle down and get to work on its money plan. The Senate's proposal will officially land in the House this week and sub-committees will hear the different spending proposals laid out by the Senate and then get to work on their own budget bill.
5/26/2013 - By: Loretta Boniti
The debate on how state lawmakers should clean up and prevent pollution in Jordan Lake is one that has been going on and carries a wide range of opinions. Republican senators say current regulations aren't working, but environmentalists worry removing the regulations will lead to even more pollution.
5/24/2013 - By: Heather Moore
Supporters of North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis have formed an independent committee to support his potential U.S. Senate bid next year. Organizers of the "Grow NC Strong'' organization said Friday they filed paperwork with federal officials to create the political action committee.
5/24/2013 - By: Associated Press
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended the use of drones to kill U.S. citizens who are deemed to be planning attacks against their own country. The president talked about the terror threats still facing our country one day after his administration said four Americans had been killed in overseas drone strikes.
5/23/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Senate Republicans are handing off their vision of North Carolina's state budget to their House counterparts. The Senate gave its final approval Thursday to a government spending plan of roughly $21 billion for each of the next two years.
5/23/2013 - By: Associated Press
The House is expected to vote this week on a plan to keep student loan interest rates from doubling July 1, but some Democrats say the plan is actually worse than doing nothing.
5/22/2013 - By: Michael Scotto, Washington, D.C. Bureau
The North Carolina office that oversees Medicaid says the funding shortfall for the government health insurance program is more than $330 million. Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos said Tuesday the shortfall has grown $85 million above the $248 million projected by Gov. Pat McCrory's administration earlier this month.
5/21/2013 - By: Associated Press
Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Charlotte on Tuesday, becoming the first Democrat to enter the race. The longtime council member and native Charlottean said now is the time to take the next step in his political career.
5/21/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
North Carolina senators are getting their first attempt to change a proposed state government budget plan for the next two years. The Senate Appropriations Committee planned to meet Tuesday morning to discuss and vote on the proposal that spends roughly 2 percent more than this year, or nearly $21 billion.
5/21/2013 - By: Associated Press
North Carolina's Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper is opposing a state Senate budget provision that moves much of an investigative unit from his department to one headed by an appointee of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.
5/20/2013 - By: Associated Press