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It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for more than 30 years, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 8:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Vidant Medical Center in Greenville has blocked the University of North Carolina Board of Governors from appointing any more members to the hospital’s board.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 5:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation wants to build a $340 million casino in Kings Mountain. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opposes the competition.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 4:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Co-admission partnerships between community colleges and University of North Carolina schools are multiplying.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 6:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As a regular consumer and producer of opinion columns, it’s possible that this observer tends to inflate their importance in the world of N.C. politics.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 4:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Up to bat for its second year, Batter Up’Town welcomes nationally touring country music artist Craig Campbell to the stage May 30th.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 3:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Opponents of measures that would relax North Carolina’s arcane — punitive, even — ABC laws are running out of new arguments, which are becoming more pervasive, more hard-edged.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate’s Republican leader and top budget writer said Wednesday, May 8, he hopes that chamber’s work on the General Fund budget will be done by the end of May. The House passed a $23.9-billion plan last week.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday, May 8, sparred over a pair of school choice bills that would expand eligibility for private school vouchers and lift the enrollment cap on virtual charter schools.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A move to ease restrictions for N.C. craft brewers who want to distribute their own beer is on the verge of becoming law.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh businessman and author Garland Tucker officially entered North Carolina’s 2020 U.S. Senate race during an appearance Wednesday, May 8, on Sean Hannity’s nationally syndicated radio talk show.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 562, “The Second Chance Act,” unanimously cleared the Senate May 8.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 6:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We all want North Carolina to be an attractive place to live, work, create jobs, rear families, and build communities.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 3:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In its application to build a solar facility on Gov. Roy Cooper’s Nash County property, Durham-based Strata Solar said its generating capacity would be about 5 megawatts.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans and Democrats rarely agree, but in North Carolina the two parties seem to have found some common ground in a bipartisan agreement, which comes at the crossroads of criminal justice reform and occupational licensing reform.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 11:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate is in no rush to take up the House-passed budget for 2019-20, according to its chief budget writer.
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Amid the hoopla surrounding educational inputs in North Carolina, it’s nice to hear some state lawmakers focusing attention on educational outcomes.
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state’s tax-supported managed care agencies for mental health are a mess.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2019 @ 3:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 9th Congressional District race, one political expert says, may come down to voters’ perception of which candidate has moved closer to the center.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 9:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Although the North Carolina House has approved its version of a biennial budget, there’s a lot that North Carolinians can’t yet know about how much will be spent, and on what, over the next two years.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate passed Senate Bill 622 Thursday, May 16, and Republicans project it will reduce individual and corporate taxes by $800 million over the next five years.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If the state budget process seems polarized now, just wait.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After more than two hours of debate, the N.C. House Friday afternoon passed a $24.5 billion General Fund budget by a 61-51 party-line vote.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 8:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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About a year ago, Princeton philosopher Robert P. George came to Chapel Hill to speak about civil discourse and diversity of thought with the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 6:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Aurora Fossil Museum will be holding their 26th Annual Fossil Festival on May 24-25th
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2019 @ 11:30 am
By: Announcements
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At a recent North Carolina Department of Transportation committee meeting, my John Locke Foundation colleague Joe Coletti offered this blunt assessment to state policymakers: our system of road financing isn’t sustainable.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative opponents of certificate of need laws are confident. This may be the year they prevail against the restrictive health-care regulations.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 6:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Under the House General Fund budget for the University of North Carolina, the system would get a spending increase of $57 million over last year, bringing the budget up to $3.1 billion for the 17 campus system in 2019-20.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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