Leo Daughtry Coverage

Editorial: Cooper makes a much-needed move to fix UNC System's instability and patronage

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 -- Coming up with ways to make those who lead the UNC System and its campuses more representative of the state and its needs is an important and timely mission. Rather than seeing it as a threat to legislative leaders' power, Sen. Phil Berger and others should embrace Gov. Roy Cooper's proposal. It will work to help assure North Carolina can maintain a top-notch system of public higher education.

House names six to UNC system board

Two more former lawmakers were elected Wednesday to four-year terms on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

Matthew Burns

Tine the latest legislative retirement

Rep. Paul Tine, U-Dare, says he will not seek another term in the General Assembly. He's the latest in a growing number of lawmakers who are declining to run again or trying for higher office.

Mark Binker

Longtime lawmaker Daughtry won't seek re-election

Rep. Leo Daughtry, R-Johnston, said Tuesday that he won't run for re-election next year, ending his 28-year tenure in the General Assembly.

Matthew Burns

Committee poised for blunt talk on medical marijuana bill

While public support for marijuana legalization has grown in recent years, legislative potholes stand in the way of a medical marijuana bill that will get a committee hearing Wednesday.

Mark Binker

McCrory uses Facebook to call out lawmakers

Gov. Pat McCrory is using Facebook to call on senior Republican House leaders to sustain his vetoes of bills dealing with drug testing for welfare recipients and immigration.

Mark Binker and Laura Leslie

Cigarettes bill stubbed out

The measure would have made the possession of more than 5,000 cigarettes a crime.

Mark Binker

House lawmakers hope for compromise on Dix bill

The committee chairman with jurisdiction over the Dorothea Dix bill says it will move eventually but that he would like to see the two sides compromise.

Mark Binker

Turf war may be looming over SBI

State lawmakers are considering pulling the State Bureau of Investigation from the North Carolina Department of Justice and moving it to the Department of Public Safety.

Cullen Browder

Cooper: State needs more tools for public corruption cases

Attorney General Roy Cooper says North Carolina needs investigative grand juries in order to better prosecute corruption by government officials.

Mark Binker