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“The Democratic Party believes that when workers are strong, America is strong. Democrats will make it easier for workers, public and private, to exercise their right to organize and join unions.” – Democratic Party Platform
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 12:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers for the University of North Carolina System argue that a recent N.C. Appeals Court decision exposes the university to "massive liability." The university urges the N.C. Supreme Court to consider an appeal.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 11:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Greenville City Council has voted to end a red-light camera enforcement program on Nov. 15. The program had faced multiple legal challenges, including a unanimous ruling against the city from the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 11:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As Election Day dawned across the state, voters bundled up a bit and trickled in as poll workers braced for a long day ahead.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Oddsmakers have Republican Rep. Ted Budd winning in a landslide victory over Democrat opponent Cheri Beasley.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 10:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Justice Clarence Thomas was the only member of the U.S. Supreme Court willing to take up the case of a military widow. She sued over the role of contaminated Camp Lejeune water in her husband's death.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 10:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday Nov. 7, U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of North Carolina federal court Michael Easley announced that an assistant U.S. Attorney, Susan Menzer, would serve as a district election officer (DEO).
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 12:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. solicitor general will take part in U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments next month in Moore v. Harper. It's a case dealing with a dispute over North Carolina's congressional election map.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 11:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A coalition of charter-school advocacy organizations has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block new restrictions on charter schools imposed by the Biden administration
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 4:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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According to a new study by conservative campus watchdog The College Fix, 95% of donations made by professors at North Carolina’s 10 largest universities, both public and private, went to Democrats.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 2:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Election Day, polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters in line at 7:30 p.m. will be able to cast a ballot.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 10:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses new polling that favors Republican candidate Ted Budd in his U.S. Senate race against Democrat Cheri Beasley.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 9:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. House District Democrat candidate accused of using false ads against her GOP opponent, Brian Echevarria,
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The latest projection from elections-analysis site FiveThirtyEight is that Republicans have an 85% chance of winning a majority in the U.S. House.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 4:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a 4-3 party-line vote, with Democrats in the majority, the N.C. Supreme Court is endorsing a court-ordered plan to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars out of the state treasury. The money would address the Leandro education funding lawsuit.
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2022 @ 9:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Nov. 8, there will be 84 Supreme Court seats on the ballot in 30 states.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2022 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new Civitas poll shows that North Carolina parents are concerned about the safety of students in the classroom and the politicization of public schools.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2022 @ 1:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gaston County Superior Court Judge Jesse Caldwell will not admit to taking down political sign after allegedly being caught on camera.
Published: Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 @ 10:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Until the last weeks of the election, polls consistently showed Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd and Democrat former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in a dead heat for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat
Published: Thursday, December 1st, 2022 @ 11:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal has learned that on Oct. 18, a shooting took place at the residence of GOP congressional candidate Pat Harrigan,
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 10:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, former Vince President Mike Pence made the case for electing Rep. Ted Budd for U.S. Senate in a final-week push before the 2022 midterm elections.
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 5:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Groups linked to North Carolina's travel and tourism industry are jumping into an occupancy tax case involving Currituck County.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us most here in North Carolina, and is distilled for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 9:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein says a challenged state election law "threatens to chill speech at the heart of our democratic process." Stein wants federal courts to declare the law unconstitutional.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 9:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Home Builders Association is sharing its concerns about a recent court ruling against an Ashe County asphalt plant.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 9:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming oral arguments in cases targeting race-based admissions policies at Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2022 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Acomplaint filed with the State Board of Elections this week alleges that the Neighbors on Call Political Action Committee is taking in-kind contributions from the state Democratic Party that exceed the limits set by campaign finance laws.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2022 @ 9:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell discussed issues surrounding several towns in the state Tuesday during his monthly “Ask Me Anything” virtual press conference.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2022 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Nov. 1, North Carolina’s Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper held a press conference at the Executive Mansion announcing the creation of a new commission tasked with reforming the University of North Carolina System’s governance.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2022 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As of Halloween morning, 1,160,747 ballots have been accepted in the N.C. 2022 midterms, and Democrats are seeing a 3.54% reduction in their usual early-voting advantage.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 11:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard more than 2 1/2 hours of oral argument Monday in a case challenging race-based admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 9:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Those treat bowls at your neighbor’s door might be a bit sparse this year, or at least void of the good stuff.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 8:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District Republican candidate, Army special forces veteran Christian Castelli, claims the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Kathy Manning, is making false statements about him, and he’s just filed a cease-and-desist letter to make it stop.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 6:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm discusses his book, “The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate.”
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 7:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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