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It’s no surprise the number of homeschool families swelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Monday, April 12th, 2021 @ 10:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new bill supported by influential N.C. senators would protect the confidentiality of donors to nonprofit organizations and charities.
Published: Sunday, April 11th, 2021 @ 8:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Nearly two-thirds of North Carolinians worry about harmful side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, even as a growing majority say they’ll take it to get back to normal life.
Published: Sunday, April 11th, 2021 @ 8:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan group of senators is crafting legislation that would find ways to expand broadband access in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 7:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly will consider a measure to enshrine North Carolina’s right-to-work policies in the state constitution.
Published: Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 8:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new poll sponsored by a school-choice advocacy organization shows support for educational choice nationwide has increased to a new level of 71% of registered voters.
Published: Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 10:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On March 31, the North Carolina Senate passed the hugely controversial SB 387, titled the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021, by a margin of 48 senators in favor, none opposed.
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans in the N.C. House are advancing a bill that would expand and strengthen the state’s three school-choice scholarship programs that help low-income children and those with special needs attend a private school.
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Title IX isn’t about discrimination based on gender.
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are pushing forward two election-reform bills designed to shore up voting integrity following the 2020 general election debacle that included numerous accusations of fraud.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 10:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A four-year federal investigation into voter fraud in North Carolina during the 2016 election has ended, netting 70 total charges, including 40 charges of individuals voting illegally.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 8:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It seems that both Gov. Roy Cooper and President Joe Biden think the money printer can go “Brrr” anytime they’re feeling generous with taxpayer money.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 8:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The federal government sent nearly $4 billion in COVID relief money to North Carolina, but a sizable chunk of it was returned, unwanted, a new report from the state auditor’s office finds.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 4:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers grilled State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell over her handling of the 2020 election in a testy back-and-forth hearing.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When it comes to defending free speech against attacks from the political left, the fight against H.R. 1 amounts to “a hill to die on.”
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 7:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the chief of police in Roxboro, David Hess’s office is fewer than 15 miles from the Virginia border.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 7:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Charter school leaders in North Carolina are urging incoming U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to continue federal support and protection for charters moving forward.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 8:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Cooper’s Budget Proposal Seeks ‘Opportunity in Crisis,’ Pushes for More Spending, Medicaid ExpansionGov. Roy Cooper introduced a $55.9 billion budget proposal on Wednesday, March 24, that includes many of the goals he’s had since taking office.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 8:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A growing number of senators are signing on to a bill that would make more information available to the public on government employee performance.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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New legislation filed in the General Assembly would reduce the time voters have to turn in their absentee ballots, making the outcome of elections clearer in a shorter time.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell says N.C. hospitals aren’t being transparent on their pricing, despite federal rules requiring them to do so.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 7:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Some N.C. state lawmakers want local public school systems to pay a penalty if they drag their feet in sending money to charter schools.
Published: Thursday, April 1st, 2021 @ 8:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican legislators in the N.C. Senate are pushing forward a bill meant to improve literacy among North Carolina public school students by the third grade.
Published: Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 @ 2:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican senators have introduced a bill that would require lawmakers to sign off on any deal settling a lawsuit in which the legislature is a party.
Published: Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 @ 8:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education has voted unanimously to switch social-distancing requirements under a “Plan A” return to public school classrooms to 3 feet rather than the previous six feet.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 1:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Greenville bar owner’s lawsuit challenging the state Emergency Management Act is heading to a three-judge panel.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 1:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday will ease restrictions on many N.C. businesses, but the damage to many — most notably bars — has already been done.
Published: Saturday, March 27th, 2021 @ 8:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A supermajority of the N.C. House has approved a proposed constitutional amendment to strengthen private property rights against eminent domain land takings.
Published: Saturday, March 27th, 2021 @ 7:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill introduced by House Majority Leader John Bell, R-Wayne, is meant to help improve crisis intervention and services for veterans suffering from mental health and substance abuse issues.
Published: Saturday, March 27th, 2021 @ 8:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest two-year budget plan would spend far too much money, setting North Carolina’s state government on an unsustainable future path.
Published: Friday, March 26th, 2021 @ 7:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly will soon consider a bill that seeks to protect women’s sports by preventing boys and men from being allowed to compete on female teams in middle school, high school and college.
Published: Thursday, March 25th, 2021 @ 11:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is further easing restrictions on state residents and businesses that began one year ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 11:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate is summoning the director of the State Board of Elections to answer questions about a controversial settlement she negotiated that upended voting rules just weeks before November’s election.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 11:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On a road map, you’ll find Tri-County Community College in the far western corner of North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 1:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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