Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Did N.C. legislative actions affect mayors' races?

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Mayors' races in the bigger cities across North Carolina on Tuesday saw Democrats scurrying to victory. Some Democratic operatives are t...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Mel Watt a victim of broken Senate

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The president nominates a congressman to lead a national housing finance agency. A majority of the Senate supports the nomination. The nomin...
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Patrick Cannon's iffy memory

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It has come to our attention, belatedly, that mayoral candidate Patrick Cannon provided inaccurate information in a column he wrote for last...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

How badly is Edwin Peacock losing mayor's race?

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Everyone has known Republican Edwin Peacock faces a tough climb to defy Charlotte's demographics and defeat Democrat Patrick Cannon for ...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

96-year-old tees off on Congress

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Ben Horack has lived in Charlotte most of his adult life. He was the senior member of Horack Talley, a prominent law firm. Now he's 96 a...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

7th grade teacher: Mass exodus of teachers possible

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Observer reporter Ann Doss Helms wrote in today's paper about a potential walkout by N.C. public school teachers to protest low pay and...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Roy Cooper, Ruth Samuelson and Richard Burr

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House GOP members are meeting behind closed doors at 3 p.m. to discuss accepting the Senate-prepared plan to end the unwise government shutd...
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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Shutdown prisoner: The family dog

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Ellen Holloway knows the federal government's partial shutdown has created victims with bigger problems. Still, she, her husband and kid...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Remember when Burr said: 'Draw everything from ATMs'?

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An Observer colleague reminded me that North Carolina's U.S. Sen. Richard Burr wasn't always so sanguine about the resilience of t...
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