The Catawba County Democratic Party is urging voters to reject the property tax levy limit amendment, one of three constitutional amendments on North Carolina’s Nov. 3 ballot, and here is what each one actually says.
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Franklin County Sheriff Kevin White fired Detective Janet Leonard and indefinitely suspended the county’s Flock license-plate cameras after an audit allegedly showed she used the system to track a private citizen; she has not been charged.
America.gov launches Tuesday, Sept. 29, and the White House is pitching the new site as a single front door to federal information now scattered across dozens of agency websites.
NEWTON — Newton City Council member Bill Powell says he trusts city police to use…
Catawba Valley Republican Men and Moms for Liberty call a Monday press conference after Newton-Conover’s Shaw and Hayes pointed to SB 516 instead of matching CCS’s biological-sex bathroom policy. CVRM chairman Tom Dees: “This is what cowardice looks like.”
AG Jeff Jackson asks the Utilities Commission for a separate Duke Energy rate class for data centers and other large loads, so households are not left paying for AI-era megawatts.
Census: 2025 real median household income hits $87,460, highest since 1967. Official poverty falls to 10.2% — near a series low, with child and Hispanic rates at historic lows.
President Trump released an Oval Office video giving Michael Whatley his complete and total endorsement for U.S. Senate against Roy Cooper.
Roy Cooper’s 2000 Attorney General race ended in a 2014 defamation settlement and apology over a false TV ad. In 2026, his allies stretch “hired” over Michael Whatley’s volunteer and elective party ties to Harvey West.
Rep. Pat Harrigan says a House-passed WRDA bill would raise Mooresville’s federal water and wastewater authorization from $4 million to $20 million.