Paul Newton in North Carolina’s General Assembly. Newton announced his resignation in March after accepting a job as general counsel for UNC-Chapel Hill. Now, Gov. Josh Stein has six days to ...

Josh Stein, will succeed Sen. Paul Newton. He resigned March 26 and begins a new job April 21 at Carolina as vice chancellor and general counselor for the nation’s oldest public university.

Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Chairman Chris Measmer has been selected to fill the vacancy of Paul Newton, a Republican who represented Senate District 34 until he resigned to take a job ...