/tags/nc-legislators NC Legislators en-US Copyright Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:07:14 GMT /politics/2020-08-26/plea-agreement-of-ex-nc-state-rep-david-lewis-accepted Updated at 3:24 p.m. A federal judge on Wednesday accepted the guilty plea of a longtime North Carolina state lawmaker who acknowledged conducting a… Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:07:14 GMT /politics/2020-08-26/plea-agreement-of-ex-nc-state-rep-david-lewis-accepted Associated Press /politics/2017-09-01/conservative-stalwart-millis-resigning-from-nc-house A key advocate in the North Carolina House on gun rights and immigration plans to leave the legislature later this month, saying he needs to be at home… Fri, 01 Sep 2017 19:07:26 GMT /politics/2017-09-01/conservative-stalwart-millis-resigning-from-nc-house Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2015-11-17/conservatives-say-no-to-the-death-penalty Support for the death penalty has declined over the past 20 years. A Pew Research Center poll this year shows a 30 percent drop among Democrats and a 10… Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:55:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-11-17/conservatives-say-no-to-the-death-penalty Frank Stasio /politics/2015-11-17/conservatives-say-no-to-the-death-penalty Support for the death penalty has declined over the past 20 years. A Pew Research Center poll this year shows a 30 percent drop among Democrats and a 10… Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:55:00 GMT /politics/2015-11-17/conservatives-say-no-to-the-death-penalty Andrew Tie /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-06/talking-southern-politics In the Netflix hit series, House of Cards, Kevin Spacey plays a politician from Gaffney, South Carolina named Frank Underwood. The fictional president has… Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:08:51 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-06/talking-southern-politics Laura Lee, Phoebe Judge /politics/2015-03-06/talking-southern-politics In the Netflix hit series, House of Cards, Kevin Spacey plays a politician from Gaffney, South Carolina named Frank Underwood. The fictional president has… Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:08:51 GMT /politics/2015-03-06/talking-southern-politics Laura Lee, Phoebe Judge /politics/2014-07-03/senate-house-agree-on-medicaid-spending-in-game-changing-budget-meeting After weeks of almost no budget talks, state lawmakers finally agreed to break their deadlock. At a public conference committee meeting on Wednesday, they… Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:06:42 GMT /politics/2014-07-03/senate-house-agree-on-medicaid-spending-in-game-changing-budget-meeting Reema Khrais /education/2014-04-25/nc-lawmakers-propose-repeal-of-common-core-standards State lawmakers say they’re hoping to throw away the Common Core standards and replace them with North Carolina’s own education standards.In a legislative… Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:45:55 GMT /education/2014-04-25/nc-lawmakers-propose-repeal-of-common-core-standards Reema Khrais