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On Tuesday night, Val Applewhite won the Democrat primary for North Carolina’s 19th state Senate District with 56.3% of the vote. Incumbent state Sen. Kirk deViere came in second with 36.8% of the vote.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 3:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Christian Castelli has won the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 6th U.S. Congressional District with 36% of the vote.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 2:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Sen. Ralph Hise of Mitchell County secured reelection in Senate District 47 after narrowly snagging a victory over fellow incumbent state Sen. Deanna Ballard of Boone.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2022 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Incumbent state Sen. Norm Sanderson of Pamlico County will represent the Republican Party on the fall ballot after defeating fellow incumbent state Sen. Bob Steinburg of Edenton. Sanderson won 56% of the vote to Steinburg’s 44%.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2022 @ 6:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A tale of two Sandys has come to an end as previous GOP nominee Sandy Smith has won over Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District GOP primary race.
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 @ 10:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After a contentious Republican primary, 26-year-old freshman Congressman Madison Cawthorn, who represents the far west of North Carolina, was defeated in his bid for re-election by state Sen. Chuck Edwards.
Published: Saturday, May 21st, 2022 @ 8:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Sen. Valerie Foushee, D-Orange, is the winner of the competitive Democratic primary race in North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District.
Published: Saturday, May 21st, 2022 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Wiley Nickel and Bo Hines will face off for the 13th Congressional District seat. The district includes Johnston County, as well as parts of Wayne, Harnett, and Wake Counties.
Published: Friday, May 20th, 2022 @ 6:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, who currently represents N.C.’s 13th Congressional District, has won the Republican primary for the state’s U.S. Senate race
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Fraternal Order of Police backs fired Durham police sergeant Michael Mole' in his N.C. Supreme Court against the city.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 2:36 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: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 7:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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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 12th, 2022 @ 8:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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
By: Carolina Journal
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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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