“The North Carolina legislature contends that the ‘manner’ implies that the legislature without state court interference can independently determine how districts are drawn, and in an election, how votes are counted, recorded and certified.”
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“The North Carolina legislature contends that the ‘manner’ implies that the legislature without state court interference can independently determine how districts are drawn, and in an election, how votes are counted, recorded and certified.”
“The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority is sitting on millions of dollars in its coffers and should spend some of its money making downtown Asheville the tourism haven that it promises it is in all of its marketing efforts, but their promise is currently not delivered.”
More than nine months into a pandemic that underscored deficiencies in rural broadband, many remote communities still lack access to the internet.
“Let’s elevate this bipartisan issue during 2016 elections. Encourage candidates to support the high-yield investment that quality early childhood programs can bring to our parents, children and communities.”
In addition to regular updates by Mark Barrett with the Asheville Citizen-Times, there are two locally based sources for getting a fix on the news in Raleigh, where North Carolina legislators meet — one from former Mountain Xpress editor Nelda Holder and the other from the nonprofit, online media source Carolina Public Press.