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On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.
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The 2022 midterm elections will be the first of the Biden era. They're also the first since the 2020 census, which means there are new congressional and state legislative districts. There are two U.S. Senate races in the Carolinas as well. Stay up to date here.
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The United State senators from North Carolina split their votes on a resolution to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a debt default.Ted Budd, the junior senator, voted no, while Thom Tillis, who is in his second term, voted yes.
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As the threat of a financial default neared, the Senate approved compromise, bipartisan legislation to lift the debt ceiling with just days to spare.
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Top Republicans in the state Senate have filed major changes to the state’s election laws.
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County commissioners gave their preliminary approval to Mecklenburg’s $2.3 billion budget Thursday morning in a straw vote session. One item that commissioners are split on, however, is Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ request for a $2.5 billion bond package, which won approval in the budget by one vote.
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A newly constructed historic march route will remember the base's former name and the soldiers who served there.
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In North Carolina, only Republican Representative Dan Bishop voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling, saying Republicans received merely "cosmetic" measures in the deal.
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The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling and cap spending. That's in part due to the work of lawmakers who usually fly under the radar.
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Last summer, Charlotte Area Transit System recommended that the Silver Line pass through uptown by using Lynx Blue Line and Gold Line streetcar tracks. It said that route would save money and have the most riders and the most economic development potential. Six months later, CATS said something entirely different.
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The state Senate voted 38-11 Wednesday to legalize online sports betting and betting on horse races in North Carolina and took a final vote Thursday.
