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More NC Democrats turned out for early voting than Republicans, 233,172 to 189,96.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The headliner primary is a competitive GOP race for state Supreme Court between Trey Allen, Victoria Prince, and April Wood.
Published: Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 @ 9:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A note from the Carolina Journal Editors: If you have been looking for Carolina Journal on Facebook, you won’t find us.
Published: Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 @ 11:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The merger will create the fifth-largest health system by revenue in the U.S.
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2022 @ 8:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State revenue forecasts jump from $28.4 billion to $32.6 billion in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says his proposed 2022-23 budget adjustments would address unfunded pieces of a court-ordered Leandro school funding plan.
Published: Saturday, May 14th, 2022 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Consumer prices climbed 8.3% last month from one year ago.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After the well-publicized leak of a draft decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, it appears a majority of the court could overturn the current federal precedent — as laid out in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The decision is likely to be released in May or June.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 12:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 11:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On May 4, U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican who represents North Carolina’s far west in Congress, commented on Twitter that the release of a sexual video of him was “blackmail.”
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 10:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Five students and a parent are suing for partial refunds of tuition and fees paid during the spring semester of 2020, when University of North Carolina System campuses shut down because of COVID-19.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, US Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), along with more than a dozen fellow co-sponsors, introduced a bill to defund The Department of Homeland Security’s “Disinformation Governance Board.”
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 10:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a typical election year, the assumption is that Democrats will dominate early voting and Republicans will catch up on Election Day. But in 2022, at least during the primary, this usual pattern has gone out the window.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 8:21 am
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The N.C. Supreme Court has refused to take up the Rev. William Barber's appeal of his 2019 conviction for second-degree trespass.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 8:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide a case that could add 56,000 felons to North Carolina's voting rolls.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 6:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s pending ruling on national abortion law is unlikely to significantly impact races up and down the ballot for Congress and the General Assembly in North Carolina, political experts say.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 12:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 8:26 am
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Raleigh says the General Assembly granted the city permission in 1949 to charge fees linked to extending and enlarging its water and sewer system.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 1:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Big tech companies actively discriminate against other companies and those in Congress and the White House really don’t understand how they operate.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 12:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a historic period of rock-bottom interest rates and equally historic infusions of cash into the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates yesterday by a half of a percentage point
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 11:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Guilford County accused of illegal electioneering in favor of school bond referendum, sales tax hikeA candidate for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners has accused the county government of using public dollars to illegally promote the passage of a $1.7 billion school bond and quarter cent sales tax increase.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 10:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Sandy vs Sandy Republican primary race just went nuclear amid accusations of domestic violence
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"The integrity of a multi-member court’s decision-making process relies on the longstanding tradition of confidential deliberations," N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 8:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 5:31 pm
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New orders block all activity in a lawsuit challenging Opportunity Scholarships.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 11:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The number of abortions performed annually in N.C. decreased by 36% between 1980 and 2013.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 11:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two new lawsuits challenge the underlying state law that permitted red-light camera enforcement programs.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There are concerns over Big Tech policing itself and putting freedom of speech at risk, but what about overregulation from the government and calls for treating social media companies like utilities?
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 7:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 2:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The group's four pillars are transparency, fiscal responsibility, parents’ rights, and academics.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders want the full 15-member Appeals Court, with 10 Republicans and five Democrats, to reconsider a 2-1 split ruling on felon voting.
Published: Friday, May 6th, 2022 @ 1:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Bridges Academy falsified student enrollment records to obtain $404,971 in state funding to which it was not entitled.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 9:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sam Wang of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project is accused of "manipulating data to match his personal agenda.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The highest scoring states in the rankings were Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Kentucky, and South Dakota.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 7:36 am
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Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s job approval jumped 16 points. Neither of North Carolina's U.S. senators ranks among the nation's most or least popular.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 10:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-11th District, was cited for possession of a dangerous weapon after having a loaded handgun at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 9:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The judge in North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding legal dispute calls for state government to spend an additional $785 million on education-related items.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 1:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has split 2-1 to rule that felons can vote in N.C. elections starting in November. Two Democratic judges agreed to the change, while a Republican colleague dissented.
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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