Government
Foxx sails through hearing in Senate committee
May 23, 2013
(The Charlotte Observer)
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx faced a receptive audience and easy questions in an appearance before the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee as he seeks confirmation as the next secretary of the federal Department of Transportation.
Mooresville lawmaker airs fight with N.C. House speaker
May 23, 2013
(The Charlotte Observer)
State Rep. Bill Brawley, a Republican from Mooresville, took public a list of grievances with N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis and resigned as co-chairman of the powerful House Finance Committee.
Foxx confirmation hearings to begin Wednesday
May 22, 2013
(The Charlotte Observer)
The Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will question Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx on Wednesday as part of his bid to become the next chief of the federal Department of Transportation.
Charlotte
New Hanover commissioners remove member from board
May 21, 2013
(StarNews, Wilmington)
New Hanover County Board of Commissioners voted to remove commissioner Brian Berger from his post, the first time an amotion hearing has been used successfully to remove an elected official in North Carolina in nearly 100 years. Other commissioners cited threatening texts and emails to staff as well as his poor attendance record and legal troubles in their decision.
Charlotte's mayor pro tem expected to run for top post
May 21, 2013
(The Charlotte Observer)
Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon, a Democrat, is expected to announce Tuesday that he will run for mayor in a bid to replace Anthony Foxx, who President Obama has nominated to be transportation secretary.
State Senate unveils $20.6B proposed budget
May 20, 2013
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
The state Senate released a proposed $20.6 billion state budget that eliminates class-size limits for younger students, transfers the State Bureau of Investigation from the attorney general's purview and cuts spaces in public preschool for at-risk children.
John Edwards reemerges after scandal
May 17, 2013
(Associated Press)
John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, has reactivated his law license and will speak at a private retreat in Florida next month to law clients of a marketing firm. Edwards has remained out of the limelight since being acquitted last year on a federal campaign fraud charge.
Bill would limit abortion coverage
May 16, 2013
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
A bill that passed a state House committee would prohibit the impending state health-care exchanges and city and county health plans from offering abortion coverage. The controversial measure only passed after a provision that would have let private employers opt out of offering contraception to workers was deleted.
Senate bill would reverse outdoor smoking bans
May 15, 2013
(StarNews, Wilmington)
A state Senate bill that passed a committee Tuesday would repeal outdoor smoking bans instituted by local officials and community colleges by prohibiting them from enforcing any bans that go further than state laws.
Senate bill would strip money from rural economic development groups
May 14, 2013
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
A bill in the state Senate would eliminate money from four rural economic-development groups -- located in Asheville, Edenton, Elizabethtown and Kinston -- and transfer business recruitment functions to the Department of Commerce.
