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Oct 12, 2024 | 
myfox8.com | Matthew Sockol |Michael Hyland
KENANSVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson had high praise for his new campaign staff after several key members resigned in the wake of a scandal. Robinson, the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor, spoke about his new staff during a campaign stop in Duplin County on Friday. “They said my entire campaign staff quit,” Robinson told supporters. “We’re better off for it, folks. The people they were replaced with are far better than they are. They have our team motivated.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
cbs17.com | Matthew Sockol |Michael Hyland
Robinson, the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor, spoke about his new staff during a campaign stop in Duplin County on Friday. “They said my entire campaign staff quit,” Robinson told supporters. “We’re better off for it, folks. The people they were replaced with are far better than they are. They have our team motivated. They have them moving forward. We’re doing things we should have been doing the whole time we’ve been in this campaign.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
myfox8.com | Gilat Melamed |Michael Hyland
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson had strong words after North Carolina lawmakers unanimously approved a $273 million Hurricane Helene relief bill, focusing on his disdain for what he called “games” and “foolishness of politics” that have no place during a disaster.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
wavy.com | Gilat Melamed |Michael Hyland
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson had strong words after North Carolina lawmakers unanimously approved a $273 million Hurricane Helene relief bill, focusing on his disdain for what he called “games” and “foolishness of politics” that have no place during a disaster.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
cbs17.com | Gilat Melamed |Michael Hyland
In a speech he gave to colleagues following the vote, Robinson said, “When times like this come we put everything else aside and we move on and we do what’s necessary to help our fellow citizens and the people who elected us to serve as leaders, not as politicians, but as leaders.”“I’m not criticizing our National Guard, DOT workers, or state workers,” Robinson said.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
cbs17.com | Michael Hyland
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As lawmakers prepare to return to Raleigh to vote on legislation in response to Hurricane Helene, state agencies have identified hundreds of millions of dollars in immediate needs and expect more will be needed. A document from the N.C. Office of State Budget and Management that lawmakers received outlines a variety of requests, some of which require funding while some require changes to laws and regulations to give state agencies greater flexibility to respond.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
myfox8.com | Matthew Sockol |Michael Hyland
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — For the second time in two weeks, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson missed a vote to concur with a Hurricane Helene-related request from Gov. Roy Cooper. The Council of State, a group of 10 statewide elected officials, received a request from Cooper in late September to declare a state of emergency ahead of Helene. Robinson was the only council member who did not vote on concurring with the governor’s declaration, records show.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
cbs17.com | Matthew Sockol |Michael Hyland
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks before Republican presidential nominee former … North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Asheville, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Read More RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — For the second time in two weeks, Lt. Gov.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
cbs17.com | Michael Hyland |Rodney Overton
Mark Robinson, right, meeting a deputy earlier this week. Photo from Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor, plans two town halls in central North Carolina on Sunday afternoon, according to his campaign.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
cbs17.com | Michael Hyland
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – School administrators in the counties hardest hit by Hurricane Helene are asking state lawmakers to take a variety of steps to help recover from the storm, Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt (R) said Thursday. Several lawmakers tell CBS 17 they’ve been notified to be in Raleigh next Wednesday for votes.
