Month: November 2021

Watauga Watch: “Josh Remillard. That’s the Democrat willing to take it to Madison Cawthorn in his new little supposedly safe fiefdom. Remillard — if he can raise some money — could inspire excitement in the new 13th, which is supposed to be one of the most Republican districts among all the new districts, a “safe Republican…

AL Political Reporter: “Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is set to attend President Joe Biden’s signing of the landmark Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure package that passed Congress Nov. 5. The historic legislation pumps federal funds into roads, rails, bridges, and ports across the country, along with funding to high-speed internet…

North State Journal: “First-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn upended an expected campaign by N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) for Congress with his announcement he would run in the new 13th District in the 2022 election. In a video announcement on Thursday night, Cawthorn said that his district was split and he faced a…

Old North State Politics: “For those not from the South, kudzu is a vine that spreads itself far and wide, seemingly minute-by-minute, thanks to the region’s heat and humidity. And yet it contains ‘mythical’ dynamics of a plant destined to eat the entire region. Most of the ‘lore’ of the noxious vine is just that–a myth–even though most…

NC Policy Watch: “Governor Roy Cooper has granted a full pardon of innocence for Dontae Sharpe. “I have carefully reviewed Montoyae Dontae Sharpe’s case and am granting him a Pardon of Innocence,” said Gov. Cooper in a statement on Friday. “Mr. Sharpe and others who have been wrongly convicted deserve to have that injustice fully and publicly…

Political Wire: “By the narrowest of margins — just five votes — businesswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick appears to have won a South Florida Democratic primary to replace the late US Rep. Alcee Hastings in Washington,” CNN reports. “The outcome in the November 2 election had been up in the air until Friday evening, when the Broward County canvassing…

Political Wire: ““The Spotsylvania County School Board has directed staff to begin removing books that contain ‘sexually explicit’ material from library shelves,” the Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star reports.Said one school board member: “I think we should throw those books in a fire.” Another added that he wants to “see the books before we burn them so we can…

AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Legislature approved a bill Thursday that would allow for employees to file for medical or religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine. The religious exemption gives employees an exception simply for “sincerely held religious beliefs.” So not very many Alabamians should be checking that box. A Pew Research Center study of…

North State Journal: “Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a Vietnam War hand grenade blast yet went on to serve as a U.S. senator from Georgia, died on Tuesday. He was 79. Cleland died at his home in Atlanta from congestive heart failure, his personal assistant Linda Dean told The Associated Press. Cleland, a…

Arkansas Times: “Attorney General Leslie Rutledge finally bowed to the overwhelming poll indications that she’d lose a race for governor in the Republican primary against Sarah Huckabee Sanders and quit the race, opting to run for the meaningless position of lieutenant governor instead. …Polls showed Sanders with a commanding lead, not to mention an enormous edge in money…