The state's executive branch is headed by a governor elected for a four-year term. North Carolina's general assembly has a senate with 50 members and a house with 120 members, all elected for two-year terms. The state elects 2 senators and 13 representatives to the U.S. Congress and ...
The legislative branch is also called the North Carolina General Assembly, comprising a House of Representatives with 120 members and the Senate with 50 members. The General Assembly makes and passes laws for the state. The number of representatives and senators is determined by population and distr...
Senators:John Hoeven, R (to Jan. 2023); Heidi Heitkamp, D (to Jan. 2019) U.S. Representatives:1 Historical biographies of Congressional members Organized as territory:March 2, 1861 Entered Union (rank):Nov. 2, 1889 (39) Present constitution adopted:1889 ...
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) Secretary Reid Wilson celebrated Earth Day by visiting Goose Creek State Park in Washington. Published:Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 11:50 pmBy:Governor's Office ...
Published:Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 8:51 am By:Eastern NC NOW Staff(More Entries) Press Release: Holly SpringsErin Paré, a North Carolina mother, business owner, military spouse and Republican state lawmaker declared her candidacy today for US Congress. She announced that she is putting...
May 1, 2023 update: As expected, the new Republican-majority North Carolina Supreme Court reversed the previous court's finding that partisan gerrymandering violates the state's constitution, instead ruling that there isn't a manageable legal standard to adjudicate redistricting. Thi...
He was a leader of the North Carolina Federalists in supporting ratification of the Constitution, and his letters in its defense (published over the name Marcus) are said to have prompted PresidentGeorge Washingtonto appoint him to the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the original court’s youngest...
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congressman Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, an ally of former President Donald Trump who has drawn the ire of fellow Republicans over controversial remarks and a nude video, conceded to party primary challenger Chuck Edwards in his House of Representatives race, l...
The article reports that a top assistant to the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives tried to scuttle a state-financed study by an economist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after the professor criticized state income-and sales-tax rates as too high. In May, ...