Fletcher Hartsell Coverage

Hartsell pleads guilty in campaign finance case

Former state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-Cabarrus, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges he used money raised for campaigning on inappropriate personal expenditures.

Mark Binker

Sen. Hartsell faces federal charges over campaign spending

State Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-Cabarrus, now faces federal and state charges related to his campaign spending.

Mark Binker

State senator indicted over campaign spending

Fletcher Hartsell, the longest serving member of the North Carolina Senate, was indicted by a Wake County grand jury Tuesday on three felony counts of filing false campaign reports.

Committee wants to raise lawmaker reimbursements for mileage, travel

Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-Cabarrus, is preparing to file a bill that would raise the reimbursement rates for lawmaker expenses. Those rates haven't been raised since the 1990s.

Mark Binker

NC elections board refers Sen. Hartsell to prosecutors

Board members say it appears the Cabarrus County state senator "deliberately obfuscated" payments for personal expenses from his campaign account.

Mark Binker

Autism coverage stalls legislative vote against Affordable Care Act

North Carolina would promise not to require health insurers to cover any new conditions or treatments for two years under a bill that stalled in an interim committee Tuesday. Although it will likely be amended, the measure was delayed because it would have forced lawmakers to choose between voting for the Affordable Care Act or against autism coverage.

Mark Binker and Laura Leslie

House, Senate tax reform plans unveiled

State House and Senate lawmakers are weighing a trio of tax reform packages. Here's an overview of how the three plans compare on income and sales changes, deductions, and cost.

Laura Leslie and Mark Binker

Senate weighs dueling tax reform plans

State Senators are weighing two very different proposals to reform the state's tax system.

Laura Leslie

Tax reform plans compared

Dueling tax reform plans on tap Thursday

State lawmakers plan to unveil three tax reform proposals Thursday morning, but they don't plan to take a vote yet on any of them.

Laura Leslie and Mark Binker

Tuesday wrap: House moves contentious voucher bill

Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie and reporter Mark Binker review the day on Jones Street, including House committee approval of a bill to give publicly funded scholarships to low income students attending private schools. They also look ahead to Wednesday's action, which includes a House floor vote on the Dorothea Dix bill.

The Wrap @NCCapitol (May 29)

Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie and reporter Mark Binker review the day on Jones Street and look ahead to Wednesday's action.

Charter bill pushed through committee

Three adults and two children were removed from the Senate Education Committee today after standing silently in protest against a bill that creates a new process for approving charter schools.

Mark Binker

Bill to clear out state commissions gets tentative Senate nod

The state Senate gave key approval Wednesday to legislation that would fire all current members of several oversight and advisory boards.

Matthew Burns and Laura Leslie