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At a time when North Carolina is ranked as one of the most expensive states for health care in the nation, many nonprofit hospitals are reaping huge profits while providing little in the way of charity care.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 @ 10:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Parents in North Carolina report feeling increasingly concerned about the public schools’ efforts to usurp their parental authority on topics such as mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the teaching of controversial race and gender theories.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 @ 2:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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More than a year before the 2022 election, a former four-term Republican Wake County sheriff has announced he will run again, attempting a return to the top law enforcement spot in North Carolina’s largest county.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 11:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Six hundred days and counting. Gov. Roy Cooper has ruled North Carolina with a proverbial iron fist since unilaterally enacting a state of emergency March 10, 2020.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 3:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Of the 25 active members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s Teacher Advisory Committee, only one is a registered Republican, a review of voter registration records by Carolina Journal shows.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 1:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s self-described teachers’ union still has clout with many Democratic lawmakers in the legislature, but its influence — and popularity — with teachers and everyday North Carolinians appears to be waning.
Published: Sunday, November 21st, 2021 @ 3:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, adjourned a quick session Tuesday, Oct. 26, but not before promising a busy week ahead.
Published: Sunday, November 21st, 2021 @ 9:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 numbers are down across the board, yet the governor and health secretary continue to encourage people to wear masks and to follow a two-year-old emergency order.
Published: Saturday, November 20th, 2021 @ 7:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A number of key election reforms moved through the N.C. House this week. Included on that list is a bill that switches up the deadline for absentee ballots and another measure that bans outside private money from flowing to county boards of elections.
Published: Saturday, November 20th, 2021 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Not enough time. That was a consistent theme Monday, Oct. 25, as residents shared with lawmakers their thoughts on the proposed election maps, drawn after the results of the 2020 census.
Published: Saturday, November 20th, 2021 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As we sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, many of us will give thanks for the chance to spend time with family and friends, and for the indulgent meal. But inflation will take the first bite, making Thanksgiving 2021 the most expensive in history.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 10:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the N.C. Supreme Court considers whether to boot two Republican justices from a high-profile case involving voter ID, three former chief justices are weighing in.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 9:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House Redistricting Committee submitted its proposed state district maps Friday, Oct. 22, after two months of public hearings and open meetings.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 12:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Wake County principal has denied a mask exemption request for a kindergartener with disabilities, according to a recorded phone call released by the anonymous parent.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 12:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. G.K. Butterfield, N.C.-1, a Democrat, has officially announced he’ll retire at the end of this term in Congress. Originally from Wilson, Butterfield, 74, has served in Congress since 2004.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 8:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A retired UNC law school constitutional expert says forced removal of Supreme Court justices from consideration of a case would be “particularly dangerous.”
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 7:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a new poll out Thursday, Oct. 21, there are rumblings that North Carolina voters are growing frustrated with President Joe Biden’s overall performance and his handling of jobs and the economy.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 1:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The government-imposed lockdowns of last year wrecked the global economy, and the fitness industry was among the businesses hurt most by the closures.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 12:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he will sign the first budget from the General Assembly since he took office in 2017. The announcement came in a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 16, and before the first vote from the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Should Democrats on the State Supreme Court make the highly partisan and controversial move of forcing two Republican State Supreme Court Justices off a critical case to decide the fate of voter-approved state constitutional amendments requiring voter ID and lowering the maximum income tax rate.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new study from researchers at the University of Arkansas and Western Carolina University finds that a Democrat-backed budget bill pending in Congress would slash an average of $1,131 per student in resources for charter schools.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 7:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House in a concurrence vote passed House Bill 264, Emergency Powers Accountability Act, 66-44, on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Specifically, the legislation requires the governor to get concurrence from the Council of State for an emergency declaration lasting more than seven days.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State auditors found that a former finance officer in the troubled municipality of East Laurinburg used town taxpayer money on personal expenses, which resulted in overdrafts of the town’s bank account.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 8:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, wrote this week in a major national newspaper about an attempted “subversion of the will of the people” involving North Carolina’s Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 3:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A leading national newspaper is linking U.S. Rep. David Price’s retirement announcement to a national pattern. The New York Times cites Price’s decision as one example of Democrats’ “fading” hopes for maintaining control of Congress past 2022.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A youth risk survey for middle- and high-school students in the public school system is raising eyebrows for asking students about drug use and sexual activity.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 7:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An independent expenditure group connected to former Governor Pat McCrory has launched one of the first known mail attacks in the 2022 U.S. Senate race.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 3:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continues to come under fire for how it has handled allegations from students who say they were sexually assaulted on campus.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 2:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case could issue an order as early as three weeks compelling the General Assembly to fully fund a court-ordered plan drawn up by California-based consultants.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 9:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County State Senator Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, will run to replace David Price in North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District. The deep blue district currently covers Orange, Durham, and parts of Wake County.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Congressman David Price, D-4th District, will not seek reelection. Sources are telling Carolina Journal that Price, 81, is currently making calls telling Democratic leaders that this will be his last congressional term and he’s expected to make an official announcement soon.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Third-quarter fundraising numbers for U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina show little separation between the Republican front-runners, former Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With more than three months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina still does not have a budget in place.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 1:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former State Senator Andy Wells, R-Catawba, who lost a primary challenge to Lt. Gov. to Mark Robinson, became the highest-profile N.C. Republican to criticize Robinson for his comments calling school library books and curriculum that discuss alternative lifestyles including homosexuality.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 12:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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