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The N.C. Republican Party has submitted a list of four nominees for the new State Board of Elections, from which Gov. Roy Cooper will select two. The N.C. Democratic Party offered its list Thursday afternoon, and one prominent name won't be among its four nominees.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The structure of the deal seems designed to skirt the constitutional requirement for the General Assembly to approve the raising and spending of funds.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite a dip in total alcohol consumption, U.S. drinkers bought more than 230 million nine-liter cases of distilled spirits in 2018 - a 1.9 percent increase on the previous year.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 9:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ken Eudy, Gov. Roy Cooper's policy adviser, was the governor's key negotiator with Duke Energy in developing a $57.8 discretionary Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund Duke and its utility partners would pay to Cooper.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Swashbucklers of all ages will converge on the banks of the Tar River, a paradise located in Uptown Greenville, for the 13th annual PirateFest on April 12th and 13th, 2019.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 9:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tuesday, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway rejected Harris' petition to force the State Board of Elections to certify him the winner of the hotly disputed 9th U.S. Congressional District election.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 1:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrats used to be the party of Bad Ideas. Now it's the party of Bad People.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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In 1908, North Carolina voters passed statewide prohibition in 1908, making North Carolina the first Southern state to institute prohibition. The 18th Amendment didn't usher in Prohibition nationwide until 1919.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much of the media coverage of the continuing government shutdown has focused on stories of federal workers who aren't getting paid. Stories about irregular inspections of our food and longer, slower lines at airports.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 1:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Together, we are building a safe, strong, and proud America.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 11:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. House voted 72-40 Wednesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 824, legislation implementing a constitutional amendment mandating voters present approved state-approved photo identification
Published: Sunday, December 30th, 2018 @ 8:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina now has its second voter identification law. A federal court voided the first because it would not consider forms of ID disproportionately used by minorities, such as cards or documents given to government employees, students, and people on public assistance.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 11:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This is the first such swearing-in that we've ever had in the great Oval Office.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 2:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Consider this scenario. A couple of years before a politician is elected to his current job, he signs a lease agreement worth as much as $1 million with a large private company.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2019 @ 9:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With the blaring of sirens, the rush of adrenaline and the need to serve the community, many young adults get excited about careers in emergency services.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2019 @ 6:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Perhaps the best way to start an argument outside of politics is to enter a discussion on which caliber of ammunition is best for any given situation.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 1:39 am
By: Bobby Tony
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If party labels tell the story, Chief Justice Mark Martin could end up on the losing end of a lot of N.C. Supreme Court decisions this year.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2019 @ 6:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Having a carbine and a handgun chambered in the same caliber is an old tradition
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 5:49 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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It is no secret among the truly conservative county commissioners and conservative Republicans that Democrats have held leadership positions on the Board of County Commissioners for the past 12 years.
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2019 @ 1:45 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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An eager crowd of bundled-up observers assembled early Jan. 17 in a vacant lot, huddling with government officials as steam from their coffee cups curled into the air
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019 @ 11:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans and Democrats held dueling news conferences Monday afternoon, trying to sway public opinion on the question of whether GOP Rep.-elect Mark Harris should be seated in the state's 9th U.S. Congressional District.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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And I said you guys aren't into salads.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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BCCC has classes coming up to help students find work, move ahead at work or earn additional income.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 11:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We're setting records together for farmers and for agriculture.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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So we're here today to address the humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2019 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, Jan. 14, Folt announced her plans to leave her position in Chapel Hill at the end of the academic year and to remove Silent Sam's pedestal from campus.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yes, Chuck Norris, who starred in a bunch of martial arts movies, is still a bada** at age 78.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2019 @ 1:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republican legislative leaders say the NAACP deliberately omitted them from a federal lawsuit seeking to kill newly enacted voter ID legislation.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2019 @ 10:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Beaufort County Community College congratulates Leah Beth Warren, who has been selected as a semi-finalist for the Phi Theta Kappa All-USA Scholarship.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2019 @ 9:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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And we need - we need security. We need the kind of backup that you want.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 11:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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And we have fantastic people with us, including our great senators from the state of Texas.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 1:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We're going to the border.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night President Trump delivered a straightforward message to the American people regarding the situation on the southern border. He called that situation a "crisis."
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:08 am
By: Diane Rufino
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