Tag search result for: Ray Warren

Lawmakers uncorking issue of ABC privatization

markjohnson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:34:49 -0500

The state’s two highest-ranking legislative leaders this morning ordered a newly-formed panel to examine ways to reform the state Alcoholic Beverage Control system, including the possibility of privatization.

The formation of the committee marked the legislature’s clearest step so far toward overhauling the complex system by which liquor is sold in the state. The move also emphasized the seriousness with which lawmakers are considering turning over the booze business to private retailers.

Scoping the open seats

markjohnson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:47:07 -0500

Seven legislative seats have recently opened for next year's election, four in the Senate and three in the House, that include a couple potential turnovers.

The Civitas Institute has broken down the voting trends in those districts and offered an analysis on which seats will stay safely in the same party's hands and which can expect a political brawl.

Name changers need 'good character'

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:01:29 -0400

About one in five name change requests in Alexander County come from inmates.

Longtime Superior Court Clerk Seth Chapman told Dome that he gets between 10 and 20 requests from inmates of the Alexander Correctional Institute out of about 50 a year.

Bill: Make name changes harder

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:29:56 -0400

A bill would make it harder for prisoners to change their names.

Recent House bills

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:04 -0400

Recent House bills of note:

H.B. 661: City Managers on School Boards, Rep. Ray Warren

H.B. 677: Require a "First in Flight" Background, Reps. Lucy Allen, Lorene Coates, Nelson Cole and Becky Carney

From Reagan to Obama

bkrueger — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:52:02 -0500

Ray Warren was a young Republican lawyer from Matthews who was swept into a seat in the state House as part of the Reagan landslide of 1984.

Warren eventually became House minority leader and, in 1996, outpolled all North Carolina Republicans in his losing bid for a seat on the state Supreme Court. He came out of the closet in 1998 and left the Republican Party a year later, reports Jim Morrill.

Blue fish, red pond, House edition

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:15:39 -0500

Which House Democrats are in Republican-leaning districts?

According to the N.C. Partisan Index, 10 Democratic representatives are in districts that lean Republican.

The index was created by the conservative Civitas Institute, using results from the 2004 elections. Ratings were based on how the district voted in Council of State races when compared to state as a whole.

The GOP's House Top Five

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:27:52 -0500

Republicans have five seats in their sights so far.

Based on filings with the State Board of Elections, Michael Luthy of the N.C. Republican House Majority Fund singled out five districts where he thinks the GOP has a good chance:

3rd: Norman Sanderson of Arapahoe and Craven County Commissioner Renee Sisk face off in the Republican primary to run against Democratic Rep. Alice Graham Underhill.

Not the first gay candidate

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:38:04 -0400

Jim Neal is not the first openly gay man to seek the U.S. Senate from North Carolina.