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CNN has pulled the plug on its streaming service, CNN+, less than a month after it launched. It is scheduled to shut down on April 30. Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s new parent company, made the decision.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 10:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Greenville defends its legally challenged red-light camera enforcement program in a new appeal filed with the N.C. Supreme Court. The city government wants the state’s highest court to reverse an earlier ruling against the program.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 1:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A study from researchers at N.C. State University finds that Gmail marked 59% more fundraising emails as spam than Democratic ones during the 2020 election.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 1:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new Parents’ Bill of Rights out this week is intended to protect the right of parents to direct their children’s education and protect their safety in the classroom.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 2:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The new judge overseeing North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit wants another seven days to issue his ruling. He asked the N.C. Supreme Court Tuesday to grant him another week to consider the case.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 12:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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From establishing Constitution restoration training to having media sanctioned by a media accountability ombudsman, Republican primary candidates for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District are stumping on a wide range of policy ideas ahead of the May 17 primary election.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is drawing attention to North Carolina’s No. 2 ranking in a new assessment of states’ economic outlook. The Tar Heel State trails only Utah in the ranking from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new filing from N.C. legislative leaders asks the state Supreme Court to steer clear of a case involving voting rights for felons. A courtroom victory for the felons could add 56,000 people to the state’s voting rolls.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, a federal judge rejected President Joe Biden’s mask mandates for trains and planes.
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new filing in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit would lop another $25 million off of the cost of court-ordered education spending.
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 5:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Another report out this week from the N.C. Office of the State Auditor shows inadequate monitoring of funds and deficiencies from departments including the N.C. Department of Public Safety and N.C. Pandemic Recovery Office.
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the state Senate’s election law leaders is highlighting a new poll that shows public support for an Election Day deadline for mail-in ballots.
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2022 @ 9:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood’s office recently issued an audit that shows millions of dollars of Hurricane Florence disaster recovery funds were distributed with limited monitoring and/or without ensuring all recipients had a method to measure the results.
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2022 @ 11:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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“One of the greatest dangers right now to the practice of democracy is simply a lack of raw material, information, about what is happening in our communities because the business structure of newspapering has been kicked out from under it.” - John Hood.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s 4th U.S. Congressional District is a near-certain win for Democrats, but which Triangle-area Democrat will be replacing the retiring U.S. Rep. David Price, who began representing the area in Congress in 1987, is yet to be decided.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The former presiding jurist in the Leandro school funding case says the current struggles facing public schools in North Carolina are more about a breakdown in classroom instruction than a lack of funding.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 8:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Farmers across the country, including North Carolina, are “taking it on the chin” when it comes to diesel and fertilizer prices, which have risen to unprecedented levels.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 2:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court could decide whether Greenville’s red-light camera enforcement program is based on an unconstitutional local law dealing with health. A plaintiff making that claim filed paperwork Monday asking justices to take up her case.
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2022 @ 6:36 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, April 14th, 2022 @ 12:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Saturday, April 9, a crowd of red-hatted, flag-waving fans of former President Donald Trump descended on Selma, N.C.’s “The Farm at 95” venue to hear from Trump and other prominent conservative speakers.
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2022 @ 12:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs and N.C. Justice Department lawyers are urging a judge to order $795 million in new state education spending.
Published: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 @ 1:19 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: Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 @ 12:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new statewide poll out Thursday shows that a majority of Republican primary voters oppose expanding North Carolina’s Medicaid entitlement program.
Published: Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 @ 7:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Rep. Ted Budd now leads the pack in the Republican primary for the open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, according to a new Civitas Poll of likely GOP voters released Thursday, April 7.
Published: Monday, April 11th, 2022 @ 11:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Edzell Lowry knows firsthand about rising gas prices. He owns Sun-Do gas station in Pembroke.
Published: Monday, April 11th, 2022 @ 8:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A chairman of the N.C. Senate’s Redistricting and Elections Committee is raising concerns about the state Supreme Court speeding up the judicial process for “highly political” cases.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2022 @ 6:06 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: Sunday, April 10th, 2022 @ 6:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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New business growth in North Carolina shows no signs of stopping according to Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2022 @ 2:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay in a case dealing with felon voting in North Carolina. The stay blocks any felons from registering to vote until appeals in the case are resolved.
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2022 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel in the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the City of Asheville in a lawsuit brought by a historic preservation group over the city’s work to remove the Zebulon Vance Monument in the city’s Pack Square Park.
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2022 @ 12:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower-court ruling blocking Wilmington from using a registration scheme to limit ownership of short-term rental properties.
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal by Video - CXVI: Locke’s Terry Stoops responds to proposed N.C. teacher pay changesThe 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, April 8th, 2022 @ 7:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, 68 police officers, firefighters and other Raleigh municipal employees filed a lawsuit against the City of Raleigh and Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin over the city’s denial of promotions to those who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 4:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals delivered a blow Tuesday to a lawsuit against a 2018 state law allowing some towns to sponsor charter schools. The Appeals Court vacated a trial judge’s order that would have allowed the lawsuit to move forward.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 10:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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