Rep. William Wainwright: Celebration of a ‘Champion ‘– Sun Journal

In his eulogy to N.C. House Rep. William L. Wainwright, D-Craven, the Rev. Richard K. Thompson said “Our champion is gone.” About 1,000 people and state and local representatives turned out at Grover C. Fields Middle School Saturday to celebrate the life of Wainwright, the first African America speaker pro-tem of the N.C. General Assembly, […]

Congressman G.K. Butterfield Will Pay Tribute To The Life of Representative William Wainwright On The Floor of The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday July 19, 2012 10:00 – 10:15 AM

Honoring Rep. William L. Wainwright  On Thursday, July 19, Congressman G. K. Butterfield will pay tribute to the life and legacy of Representative William Wainwright on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.  You are invited to watch the tribute by tuning into CSPAN between 10:00 – 10:15 a.m., or by clicking here. On […]

Homegoing For State Rep. & Elder William Wainwright Craven County New Bern NC

My condolences goes out to the family of the late William Wainwright New Bern NC. Script.: Read Eccles. 3 and know, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Song: I Don’t Feel Noways Tired – Rev. James Cleveland The Obituary More obituaries Read more: Breaking News: […]

Butterfield on the Passing of State Representative William Wainwright

For Release:  Immediate Date:  July 17, 2012 Contact: Kezmiché "Kim" Atterbury Office: (202) 225.3101 Butterfield on the Passing of State Representative William Wainwright WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement on the passing of North Carolina State Representative William Wainwright: "I join with so many others who knew William […]

Breaking News: Longtime state lawmaker William Wainwright dies – WRAL

New Bern, N.C. — State Rep. William Wainwright, who served in the Legislature for more than 20 years and was a close political ally of Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue, died Tuesday at age 64, his caretaker said. (More) Read more: New Bern Sun Journal

Replacement for Wainwright deemed a priority by party officials – Sun Journal

The untimely death of 64-year-old N.C. House Rep. William L. Wainwright, ironically on an election day, leaves a void local Democrats say will be hard to fill. “It is just such a tremendous loss; it will be hard to replace him,” said Rachel Parnell, Craven County Democratic Party chair, who will nevertheless be involved in […]

Bill regulating ElectriCities introduced–Source: Sun Journal

A bipartisan bill to restrict moving funds from ElectriCities utility receipts to municipal general funds is now in the N.C. House public utilities committee. It was introduced last Thursday by Rep. William Wainwright, D-Craven, and Rep. N. Leo Daughtry, R-Johnston. Bipartisan co-sponsors, each of whom has ElectriCities municipalities in their districts, were Rep. George G. […]

Edgecombe County Commissioners Meeting Topic Of Discussion On Tarboro 27886 Monday July 6, 2020

Stephanie Walker 2 hrs So, on tonight’s county commissioners agenda is an item called “Approval of Annual Compensation Plan” … if you read it, you find it is actually there to CREATE a “DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER” position at a base of $82,836 and a max of $135,256 … plus benefits. What will they do that […]

Lee sworn in as N.C. District 12 representative–Sunjournal

State House District 12 is officially represented by Rep. Barbara Jean Lee of New Bern after she took the oath of office at noon Saturday in the N.C. History Center. The New Bern center’s auditorium was full of well wishers for the oath administered by District Court Judge Cheryl Spencer, including her family with husband […]

Protect the RJA/ Sustain the Gov’s Veto – Jan. 3, 2012

      C    A    R    O    L     I    N    A  JUSTICE POLICY CENTER   "Criminal Justice Advocacy since 1975"   Action Alert     Help Sustain Gov. Perdue’s Veto of the RJA Repeal     CONTACT YOUR REP TODAY   ASK THEM TO: VOTE  on Jan. 3 to sustain  Gov. Perdue’s veto and Protect […]