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The N.C. Bar Owners Association, in a news release, says the N.C. ABC has canceled some 120 permits for private bars, without notice.
Published: Monday, January 18th, 2021 @ 3:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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New research finds that federal regulation leads to an increase in deaths, and North Carolina is one of the states most affected.
Published: Sunday, January 17th, 2021 @ 4:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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No crisis like COVID is accelerating a greater demand for school choice in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 17th, 2021 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Less than a year after an audit of the N.C. Department of Transportation found massive overspending, a blue-ribbon panel is recommending the department get a 40% budget hike.
Published: Saturday, January 16th, 2021 @ 9:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former State Board of Elections Chairman Josh Howard says there could be dire consequences for future elections if the governor is allowed to appoint a judge to a newly created Wake County District Court seat.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 11:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nearly a month after COVID-19 vaccines made it to North Carolina, the state has administered only a quarter of the doses it has on hand — one of the slowest roll-outs in the country.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 1:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 and the ongoing fallout from the pandemic will likely dominate the 2021-22 session of the General Assembly.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 12:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Does it ever get old? The never-ending wash, rinse, repeat cycle of liberals throwing out the race card every time they don’t like conservatives doing or not doing something, even when completely legal, normal and appropriate?
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2021 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our schools have gone in a variety of directions.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper and Dr. Mandy Cohen, state health secretary, took a decidedly political tone in a COVID-19 news conference Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new year and new members haven’t solved tensions within the N.C. Council of State.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court opened the door in 2018 to a potential seismic shift in state government power.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 11:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers are returning to Raleigh, and they have a loaded agenda.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 10:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Transmission of the COVID-19 virus has been “extremely limited” in public schools that have reopened in North Carolina, a team of researchers from Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill have found.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It was the summer of 1987 when I first stepped inside the United States Capitol to work instead of visit.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 6:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Just after Natalie Jacome launched a new clinic, the pandemic hit.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 10:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As Gov. Roy Cooper enters his second term as governor, he sees North Carolina dragged down not just by the COVID pandemic, but by racism, unaffordable health care, and unequal opportunity.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 6:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat, announced Saturday on Twitter that she will fill a seat in the N.C. Senate vacated by Sam Searcy, who resigned.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 12:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Cohen’s guidelines come in a so-called “secretarial directive” issued from her office this week and are more stringent than Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive orders.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In his first major announcement as chief justice, Paul Newby has named Superior Court Judge Andrew Heath director of the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Moments after the N.C. State Supreme Court held its formal ceremonial investiture for all newly elected members, Republicans signaled that the extended closures of North Carolina’s judicial branch ordered by former Democrat Chief Justice Cherie Beasley due to COVID-19 can’t continue under the state
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 3:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As he stood on his porch, watching the flames consume his studio, Brant Barnes wasn’t thinking about the fire.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2021 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina won’t fully open anytime soon.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2021 @ 10:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the Biden administration takes office, there will be a stark contrast with the Trump administration on almost all policy areas.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2021 @ 2:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the spirit of the exception proving the rule, most lovers of liberty accept that government has a critical role to play in combatting communicable disease.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 12:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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You might expect that the 2020 N.C. Supreme Court elections will guarantee plenty of 4-3 rulings in the year ahead.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2021 @ 4:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Assigning infallibility to government action is a fool’s errand.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2021 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It might be a new year, but remote learning isn’t over.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 @ 11:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Koka Booth Amphitheatre will remain dark this winter.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 @ 11:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With Democrats in charge of the White House, and U.S. House, and (possibly as of this writing) the U.S. Senate, you can expect a push by left-wing activists and politicians to repeal some federal tax cuts enacted by the previously Republican Congress and signed by President Trump.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 2:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper won a second term. But he had no coattails.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 1:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It took five weeks to settle the final race, but when the N.C. Supreme Court’s session opens in a few weeks, there will be a new chief in Raleigh.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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About 25% of gyms in the U.S. will close by year’s end, a new study shows.
Published: Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bar owners from six counties across North Carolina are going to court to challenge the governor’s executive orders shutting down their businesses.
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 6:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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