News 14 Carolina's Tim Boyum and Loretta Boniti cover the Emerging Issues Forum on this special edition of Political Connections. Former Gov. Jim Hunt is featured on the show.
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State lawmakers met to consider if changes need to be made to the state's Racial Justice Act. A previous attempt to repeal the act was vetoed by Governor Bev Perdue.
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Congressman Mike McIntyre is reportedly running for re-election for his seat in Congress. McIntyre had considered a run for governor after Gov. Bev Perdue said she would not seek re-election. A Public Policy Polling poll had McIntyre facing an uphill battle for the Governor's Mansion if he ran for the Democratic nomination.
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Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to their employees. Facing intense pressure, the White House has indicated that it is trying to come up with a compromise. Obama announced Friday he directed the Health and Human Services Department to push the compromise through.
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North Carolina will have at least three open seats in the 2012 Congressional races. For the first time in decades that means the state will be sending a lot of new faces to Washington.
02/08/2012 05:47 PM
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Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jim Pendergraph held his kick-off announcement Wednesday morning for the 9th District seat Congresswoman Sue Myrick will leave open. Tuesday, Rep. Myrick announced she won't seek re-election for a 10th term.
Updated 02/08/2012 05:45 PM
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Rick Santorum won three Republican presidential contests Tuesday night in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. The wins gave the socially-conservative former Pennsylvania senator a boost of momentum and clouded the GOP field.
02/08/2012 08:12 AM
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North Carolina governor candidate Bob Etheridge says he supports a temporary sales tax increase for education and opposes passage of a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage and other relationships.
02/07/2012 07:59 AM
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A panel of judges says two lawsuits challenging the state's redistricting maps can move forward. The three superior court judges declined to dismiss more than half the claims filed by Democratic officials, election watchdogs and civil rights groups.
02/06/2012 01:31 PM
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North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue says her decision not to seek re-election will help her speak out on raising the sales tax for education. The governor says her decision means the issue won't be over-politicized while she's campaigning.
Updated 02/06/2012 07:58 AM
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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulled ahead of the Republican field last night with a big win in the Nevada caucus. Coming off his win in Florida, Romney benefited from a big budget and organization in the Silver State, yet he also got a boost from Nevada's large Mormon population.
02/05/2012 02:48 PM
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News 14 Carolina's Elise Roberts talks about former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory's recent announcement for his gubernatorial run, and Tim Boyum sits down to talk with former state Sen. Howard Lee.
02/04/2012 04:03 PM
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Top polling democratic gubernatorial contender Erskine Bowles says no thank you to 2012 run, and top legislative Democrat Joe Hackney announces his retirement in 2012.
02/02/2012 06:55 PM
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Former Congressman Bob Etheridge said Thursday night he will run for governor in the Democratic primary in May. His announcement comes after Erskine Bowles said he would not run. Etheridge joins Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton and Rep. Bill Faison in the primary.
02/02/2012 06:23 PM
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State House minority leader Joe Hackney said he will not run for re-election this year. The Democrat has represented the 54th district since 1981. He served as Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011 and has been the Minority Leader since then. Hackney made the announcement Thursday morning.
Updated 02/02/2012 02:43 PM
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Former White House Chief of Staff and two-time U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles is passing on a bid for North Carolina governor. Bowles released a statement Thursday that he doesn't think anyone can question his love for North Carolina but there are many ways to make a difference in the state.
02/02/2012 11:09 AM
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Mitt Romney has won the Florida Republican presidential primary. With nearly half the precincts counted, Romney is ahead 47 percent to Gingrich's 31 percent. The former Massachusetts governor has taken a commanding lead over Newt Gingrich in the winner-take-all balloting, which is worth 50 delegates at the party's national nominating convention.
01/31/2012 08:12 PM
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News 14 Carolina's Rob Boisvert discusses the issues with former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, who will officially announce this week his intentions to run for governor. McCrory narrowly lost to Gov. Bev Perdue in the 2008 election.
Updated 01/31/2012 02:32 PM
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Another Democratic elected official has said no to running for North Carolina governor -- this time U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler. The western North Carolina congressman put out a statement Tuesday saying it was an honor to be discussed as a candidate but that now is not his time.
01/31/2012 02:06 PM
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Mitt Romney is predicting a big win in Tuesday's Florida Republican presidential primary. The former Massachusetts governor is the heavy favorite.
01/31/2012 10:09 AM
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