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Monday protests at the N.C. Legislature, organized by the state NAACP president, Rev. William Barber, under the label of "Moral Mondays," have grown over the ...
From Cecil Bothwell's campaign: Asheville, NC— Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell will join supporters of equality in Scouting from across the country on Friday ...
From the Civitas Institute: RALEIGH – A new poll by the Civitas Institute reveals strong support for tax reform like the new Senate plan for ...
WNC Rep. Michele Presnell is a primary sponsor of the Protect/Promote NC Lumber bill moving in the N.C. House, joined by Buncombe County's Nathan Ramsey ...
Here's the press release from the office of 11th District Rep. Mark Meadows: Meadows Authors Letter to POTUS Requesting an Appeal on Emergency Contraception Decision ...
Full announcement from the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee: On Saturday May 4th, Bill Ramsey of the Conscience and Military Tax Campaign (CMTC) fund ...
Press release From the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): (WASHINGTON)— The NAACP released the following statements in response to the NC ...
How do you keep up with the approximately 1,700 bills pending in the North Carolina General Assembly? More particularly, how do you "keep up with ...
Press release From the North Carolina Young Professional Republicans Raleigh, NC – On Monday, April 22, members of the North Carolina Federation of Young Professional ...
From Cecil Bothwell's campaign: Asheville, NC— City Councilmember Cecil Bothwell announces today his support of Scouts for Equality, a Boy Scouts alumni organization advocating an ...
The New York Times Nate Silver has ranked the country's Republican governors, and found North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory the 9th most conservative.
From Gordon Smith for Asheville: Today Gordon Smith officially announces his 2013 campaign for Asheville’s City Council. Councilman Smith wants to continue to serve on ...
From Public Schools First: Raleigh, NC—April 16, 2013—Public Schools First NC strongly opposes H.B. 944, a school voucher bill introduced last night. The bill, which ...
Asheville leaders raised the alarm that pending legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly severely cuts revenue for cities — so harshly that heavy service ...
Press release from Clean Water for NC Statewide opposition grows as water transfer bill advances Greensboro, Winston-Salem pass resolutions against H488 RALEIGH AND ASHEVILLE, N.C. ...
The “jobs, jobs, jobs” mantra in the Republican legislative agenda is sidetracked for the moment. The House and Senate moved quickly at the start of ...
A controversial bill that strips Asheville of the local water system passed its third vote in the North Carolina Statehouse. According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, ...
From the NC Press Association: Senate Bill 186 comes up for a hearing next Tuesday, April 9, at noon at the Statehouse in Raleigh. PLEASE ...
Press release from Progress NC Progress North Carolina will join Western North Carolina citizens and Board of Elections officials tomorrow to speak out against legislative ...
From the Raleigh News&Observer Even in a state that has grown increasingly urban, North Carolina cities are on the defensive, fighting to keep prized assets ...
From Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell's campaign: Asheville, NC— City Councilmember Cecil Bothwell spoke to Asheville teens at Pack Square on Saturday about the ...
Senate Bill 10 would dismiss almost all existing boards and commissions at the state level — some that are obsolete, but some that wield power, ...
OPINION Press release from Progress NC ASHEVILLE - As the NC State Utilities Commission holds a hearing today in Asheville, one must ask the question: ...
Op-ed: "Municipal water systems in power grab" From the Greensboro News&Record Last summer, the General Assembly stripped the city of Asheville of its airport, placing ...
From the White House: Unless Congress acts by March 1st, a series of automatic cuts—called the sequester—will take effect that threaten hundreds of thousands of ...
Here's the press release from the office of Rep. Mark Meadows, who represents the 11th District of WNC: Washington, D.C. – Representative Mark Meadows (NC-11) ...
Esquire's politics blog takes aim at the female toplessness ban proposed by Buncombe Rep. Tim Moffitt and requested by Asheville City Council: Another day, another ...
Here's the press release from Rep. Patrick McHenry, who represents the 10th District, which includes Asheville: Asheville, N.C. – President Barack Obama will travel to ...
Buncombe County District 2 candidate Christina G. Merrill Kelley, Republican, tells the Asheville Citizen-Times' Mark Barrett that she's continuing her fight to be seated on ...
From WRAL: Senate Republican leaders are moving quickly on a proposal to fire all current members of key oversight and advisory boards. Introduced in Senate ...
Here's the press release from the Asheville Tea Party: Asheville Tea Party (ATP) and other freedom loving groups across North Carolina are joining Grassroots North ...
Full announcement from the NC Justice Center: RALEIGH (January 31, 2013) – North Carolina Senate leaders declared yesterday and passed a bill out of commitee ...
Media release From the desk of N.C. Sen. Jim Davis Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina Senate leaders introduced legislation Wednesday to opt out of participation ...
Full announcement from NC Senate President Pro Tem's Office: Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina Senate leaders introduced legislation Wednesday to opt out of participation in ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: An old axiom in politics states “money follows power.” And in the 2012 election, money followed Republicans ...
Here's the message from 11th District Republican Rep. Mark Meadows: Meadows Calls on President Obama to Stop Playing Politics with Newtown Tragedy Washington, D.C. – ...
Online media Politico takes a look at North Carolina politics — forecasting that in 2014, the Democrats may face a fight in defending Sen. Kay ...
From the North Carolina Democratic Party: Fellow Democrats. North Carolina's legendary Democrat, Dr. Wallace Hyde of Raleigh has passed away after a 20 year battle ...
Here's the update from 10th District Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry, via his email newsletter: Dear Friends, You know the silly season has arrived when the ...
Press release From the Campaign for Southern Equality Asheville, N.C. (January 11, 2013) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples continue to request – ...
from the Asheville Citizen-Times "Former Asheville official running for mayor" by Mark Barrett Former city employee John Miall announced his candidacy for mayor this morning. ...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee targeted Western North Carolina 11th District Republican Rep. Mark Meadows Jan. 3 immediately after he was sworn in to his ...
The Buncombe County Republican Party sent out the following message via email Jan. 3 touting the party's statewide success: In 2013, the North Carolina Republican ...
From the Associated Press: Election Day was six weeks ago, but North Carolina is now officially making its choices for president and vice president. Fifteen ...
Press release From the office of Sen. Phil Berger (President Pro Tempore, N.C. Legislature) Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced Tuesday he plans ...
In a message sent Dec. 9 via email newsletter, newly reelected Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry says he won't vote for any tax increases to avert ...
Asheville Citizen-Times columnist John Boyle reviews information from the latest campaign-finance reports filed by North Carolina candidates for the 2012 election. from the Asheville Citizen-Times ...
Here's an excerpt from the Nov. 27 story in the Asheville Citizen–Times: Outgoing U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler will run Duke Energy’s lobbying operation in Washington ...
Interested in attending President Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, DC? Most of Asheville is now represented in Congress by Rep. Patrick McHenry and his office ...
Here's the information via the Buncombe County Republican Party email newsletter: North Carolina Governor-elect Pat McCrory will be the keynote speaker at the 20th ...
Here's the notice from the Buncombe County government that the Board of Elections will convene Nov. 28 to conduct a recount of commissioner District 2 ...
Frost declares victory, seeks donations to help defend against possible legal challenge from Merrill
The election results certified by the Board of Elections Nov. 17 showed Democrat Ellen Frost with a 13 vote win over Republican Christina Kelley G. ...
Republican Nathan Ramsey sent this message via his campaign's email newsletter thanking supporters for electing him to the N.C. House. Ramsey defeated Democratic challenger Susan ...
Republican Rep. Tim Moffitt posted this Nov. 10 message to his Facebook page thanking supporters for reelecting him to the N.C. House. Moffitt defeated Democratic ...
Here's an excerpt from the Nov. 8 story in the Asheville Citizen-Times: A recount is all but certain in a Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ ...
Governor-elect Pat McCrory has named former U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor, who served in congress from 1991-2007 to his transition team as a "key senior advisor."
Friends, I want to thank each and every one of you for your support of my campaign. Last night, time ran out on the campaign, ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of Democrat Patsy Keever, who lost a Nov. 6 bid to unseat Republican incumbent Rep. Patrick McHenry in ...
Press release from N.C. League of Conservation Voters In spite of an election season where environmental issues were seldom mentioned, voters turned out to elect ...
Here's the message from from Buncombe County Board of Commissioner's Chairman David Gantt, who won another four year term in the position Nov. 6 after ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of Democrat Hayden Rogers, who lost his bid against Republican Mark Meadows to represent the 11th District of ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of incumbent Republican Patrick McHenry, who defeated Democratic challenger Patsy Keever in the 10th District Congressional race: Patrick ...
Asheville City Council will gather at Pack's Tavern at 8:30 p.m., and Mayor Terry Bellamy will make a statement on the results of the water referendum.
Project Vote, a national nonpartisan voting rights group released the following press release on Nov. 5 in response to the confusing voting and ballot situation ...
Press release from the Civitas Institute The Civitas Institute’s NC Vote Tracker (ncvotetracker.com) allows you to analyze the trends as the final early voting statistics ...
The day before election day, Warren Wilson College faculty and students continued to work with the Buncombe County Board of Elections to try to sort ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of 10th Congressional District Republican incumbent Rep. Patrick McHenry, who's facing a challenge this year from Democrat Patsy ...
Here's the press release from the Buncombe County Democratic Party: ASHEVILLE, N.C. (November 6, 2012) – The Buncombe County Democratic Party will host an election ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of Democrat Patsy Keever, who's challenging Republican incumbent Rep. Patrick McHenry in the 10th District congressional race: Asheville, ...
Here's the press release from 10th District Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry, who's facing a challenge this year from Democrat Patsy Keever. The 10th District includes ...
In the final days before the election, Patsy Keever has gotten a boost in her congressional campaign from feminist icon Gloria Steinem. Full announcement from ...
Here's the press release from Animal Welfare Institute: USFWS Asked How Many Wolves Shot Since Rule CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Concerned groups asked a state court to ...
NC Policy Watch by Sarah Ovaska This post, up over at Governing magazine, takes a look at a recent study by a geospatial software firm ...
Here's the press release from the office of Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry, who's facing a challenge this year from Democrat Patsy Keever in the race ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of Democrat Patsy Keever, who's challenging Republican incumbent Rep. Patrick McHenry in this year's race for the 10th ...
Press release from the Asheville Jung Center The Asheville Jung Center, in conjunction with The C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, will be broadcasting ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of incumbent Republican Patrick McHenry, who's facing a challenge this year from Democrat Patsy Keever in the 10th ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times' endorsement of Republican candidate Pat McCrory in the N.C. gubernatorial race. He's running against Democrat Lt. Governor Walter ...
Here's the press release from Republican incumbent Patrick McHenry, who faces a challenge this year from Democrat Patsy Keever to represent the 10th Congressional District: ...
Here's the press release from the North Carolina Republican Party: Raleigh – The NCGOP’s “#RedNC Conservative Comeback Tour” will be in Asheville tomorrow. It’s a ...
Here's the press release from Democratic candidate Susan Wilson, who's running against Republican Nathan Ramsey in the race for Statehouse District 115, which includes much ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of Democratic candidate Hayden Rogers, who's vying with Republican Mark Meadows in the race for the 11th Congressional ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of Republican incumbent Rep. Tim Moffitt, who's facing a challenge this year in District 116 from Democratic challenger ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times endorsement of incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama in his quest to fend off the challenge from Republican Mitt ...
In the Buncombe County races for seats in the N.C. House, the Asheville Citizen-Times endorsed Republican Nathan Ramsey (District 115) and Democrat Jane Whilden (Democrat ...
The Asheville Citizen-Times announced Oct. 19 its endorsements in the 10th and 11th congressional races, backing Democrats Patsy Keever (NC-10) and Hayden Rogers (NC-11). For ...
Full announcement from the Buncombe County Republican Party on the city water referendum: Asheville, NC-With early voting upon us and a referendum about the regional ...
Here's the press release from the Asheville Tea Party. Republican J.B. Howard is challenging Democratic incumbent David Gantt in the race to be chair of ...
Here's the press release from the campaign of Democrat Patsy Keever, who's challenging GOP incumbent Rep. Patrick McHenry in the 10th District Congressional race: Keever ...
The Asheville Citizen-Times announced Oct. 18 its list of candidate endorsements for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Here's the list backed by the daily ...
Here's the press release from the Buncombe County Republican Party: Keever claims bipartisan support, can't back it up: BCGOP comments on Keever's first ad. Asheville, ...
The Buncombe County Democratic Party is holding a series of Early Vote rallies on Oct. 19, the first day of voting in North Carolina. Here's ...
A UNC/HPU Poll, conducted on the High Point University campus with support and collaboration from the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, finds that ...
Here's the press release and video from the campaign of Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry, who's facing a challenge this year from Democrat Patsy Keever in ...
Full announcement from Children First: (Asheville, NC) A new nonpartisan voter guide has been launched online and in print to offer an opportunity to raise ...
Full announcement from the NC Center for Voter Education: RALEIGH - As early voting gets underway this week, voters across North Carolina can learn about ...
Press release From Children First Buncombe County: (Asheville, NC) A new nonpartisan voter guide has been launched online and in print to offer an opportunity ...
Here's the press release from GOP Statehouse candidate Nathan Ramsey. He's vying with Democrat Susan Wilson to represent District 115, which includes Fairview, Black Mountain ...
Here's the press release and video (via YouTube) from the Patsy Keever campaign. Keever, a Democrat, is challenging Republican incumbent Rep. Patrick McHenry in the ...
Here's an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: Nathan Ramsey is no stranger to politics — and it’s a good thing he’s got a sense ...
