2015 Election Results
NEWS & OBSERVER: Local bond votes signal
support for statewide bond in March
Voters in five towns across the state showed strong support Tuesday
for borrowing with bond financing, and backers of a $2 billion
statewide bond issue say the results show voters are willing to
support that type of investment.
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: Charlotte Mayor-elect Jennifer
Roberts played 'outside game' to win
Back in March, as the field of Charlotte's mayoral candidates
continued to grow, a lot of people considered Democrat Jennifer
Roberts a long shot.
FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER: Fayetteville Mayor Nat
Robertson wins 2nd term
Fayetteville Mayor Nat Robertson narrowly won a second term Tuesday
night over Democratic challenger Val Applewhite.
NEWS & RECORD: Mayor Nancy Vaughan wins second term in a
landslide
Mayor Nancy Vaughan on Tuesday became the city's first two-term
mayor since Keith Holliday stepped down in 2007.
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: Huntersville elections a
'referendum' on I-77 toll lanes
Huntersville Mayor Jill Swain and two town commissioners were
booted from office in this week's elections because of
residents' anger about the state's plans to widen
Interstate 77 with toll lanes, people on both sides agreed
Wednesday.
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: Voters say 'no' to
4-year terms for Mecklenburg County commissioners
Voters on Tuesday rejected doubling the length of time Mecklenburg
County commissioners can serve on the nine-member board.
2016 Election
WECT: Rep. Ken Waddell won't run for
re-election
Rep. Ken Waddell says he won't seek a third term in the North
Carolina House.
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: State Sen. Bob Rucho says this
term will be his last
Sen. Bob Rucho of Matthews, a major architect of everything from
North Carolina's tax policy to its voting districts, announced
Thursday that he won't seek a new term.
WWAY: Rick Catlin won't seek re-election to NC
House, Tammy Covil to seek seat
A New Hanover County Republican has told colleagues he will not
seek re-election next year to the North Carolina House of
Representatives.
WRAL: Lawmakers take themselves out of
running
Lawmakers have to decide before Christmas whether they will seek
re-election, and a growing number say this term will be their last.
Alcohol
NEWS & OBSERVER: Looser alcohol laws benefit
NC distilleries, retailers
For the first time since Prohibition, liquor bottles are being sold
outside of the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control system.
Deaths
NEWS & RECORD: Howard Coble funeral set for
Tuesday
Former U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, the longest-serving Republican
congressman in North Carolina history, died late Tuesday —
Election Day. He was 84.
NEWS & OBSERVER: Dorothy 'Dot' Helms,
widow of late Sen. Jesse Helms, dies at 96
Dorothy "Dot" Coble Helms, widow of the late U.S. Sen.
Jesse Helms, died Friday at the age of 96.
Education
NEWS & OBSERVER: Leeway for struggling charter
schools proposed
The State Board of Education is considering a new policy that would
allow struggling charter schools to stay open.
THE TIMES-NEWS: McCrory hails Alamance, Guilford
apprenticeship programs
If North Carolina doesn't fill the skilled worker gap that the
state's manufacturing sector faces, new industries will refuse
to locate here, and existing ones will leave, Gov. Pat McCrory told
business and education leaders Thursday.
Energy & Environment
STATESVILLE RECORD & LANDMARK: McCrory environment agency
confronts critics, pushes policy
For years, North Carolina's environmental agency usually stayed
out of the public discourse, quietly carrying out the will of the
General Assembly and the mandates of states and federal
policymakers and the current gubernatorial administration.
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