
Jeffrey C. Billman
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Politics and Law Reporter at The Assembly
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3 weeks ago |
theassemblync.com | Jeffrey C. Billman |Lucille Sherman |Bryan Anderson
Poll Shows Berger Down 18 in GOP PrimarySenate leader Phil Berger, long considered North Carolina’s most powerful politician, faces daunting headwinds going into next year’s Republican primary—at least according to a recent poll obtained by The Assembly and Axios Raleigh. The survey of 440 likely Republican voters, conducted on April 29 and 30, found Berger trailing his opponent, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, by 18 percentage points.
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1 month ago |
theassemblync.com | Jeffrey C. Billman
After six months of high-stakes legal drama, Jefferson Griffin’s concession last Wednesday seemed anticlimactic. By that point, he had few cards left to play.
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2 months ago |
theassemblync.com | Jeffrey C. Billman
The nonprofit owned by Yolanda Hill, the wife of former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, has until Saturday to repay the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services $101,142 following a year-long dispute that dogged Robinson’s failed campaign for governor. Last year, the DHHS sought to recoup more than $100,000 from Balanced Nutrition, which it accused of violating federal regulations and failing to keep records. On March 24, an administrative law judge sided with the agency.
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2 months ago |
theassemblync.com | Jeffrey C. Billman
Days after Republicans on the state Supreme Court created a path for Jefferson Griffin to overturn his 2024 loss to incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs, the Democratic-controlled State Board of Elections significantly narrowed it.
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2 months ago |
theassemblync.com | Jeffrey C. Billman
After months of legal wrangling, Republican justices were not willing to disenfranchise 67,000 voters to help Jefferson Griffin overturn his loss in last year’s North Carolina Supreme Court election. Instead, on Friday afternoon, four justices ruled that at least 267 votes should be thrown out and put about 5,000 more on thin ice. Two justices—Republican Richard Dietz and Democrat Anita Earls—partially dissented. The incumbent who defeated Griffin, Democrat Allison Riggs, recused herself.
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