state politics

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Jeff Tarte

Former Cornelius mayor will run for NC Auditor in 2024

Nov. 29. Former NC Sen. Jeff Tarte, a Cornelius resident, plans to run in the GOP primary for State Auditor in March. Tarte is a former mayor of Cornelius and the incoming chair of the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce. Background As a state senator he authored legislation that required the six largest departments in […]

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Restricting college tenure could hurt state economies

June 13. By Stephen Elliott | NC Newsline. North Carolina is among the states in which proposals to end academic tenure for university professors have been advanced. Daniel Brinks, who chairs the government department at the University of Texas at Austin, doesn’t usually have a tough time recruiting professors. After all, UT is one of […]