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The Trump administration and congressional leaders are at loggerheads over another COVID-19 relief package that may effectively provide state and local governments with another bailout.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 9:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 8:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper may announce the reopening of private bars, as early as Friday.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Why can’t we get it right? This response to COVID-19, I mean.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has promised $445 million state tax dollars to corporations so far in 2020.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 12:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The post of lieutenant governor is a constitutional office in North Carolina, and the only one empowered to exercise both legislative and executive powers.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last year, a Superior Court panel in North Carolina declared the state’s congressional districts an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina received a “C” for poor fiscal management from the national nonprofit Truth in Accounting.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 12:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Fewer than six weeks from the 2020 general election, two of the five members of the State Board of Elections walked off the job.
Published: Monday, September 28th, 2020 @ 11:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The day after the state announced a settlement with Democratic super-litigator Marc Elias likely gutting absentee ballot protections, the State Board of Elections’ two Republican members resigned.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 2:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2016 presidential campaign turned me into a judiciary junkie.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 12:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A settlement in an election lawsuit strips absentee ballot protections, opening the door for election fraud, one election expert says.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 4:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of teachers is prioritizing itself over students, experts say of recent tactics from the N.C. Association of Educators.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper plans to allow fans at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte and other outdoor entertainment venues.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 2:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We’re taught at an early age that the people maintain ultimate authority over government in our state and nation.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 1:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The two candidates running to become North Carolina’s first African-American lieutenant governor have dramatically different views on race, law enforcement, education, economic policy, and the role of government.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 1:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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According to the latest jobs report, North Carolina’s headline unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in August, down from 8.5% in July.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 12:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bowling alleys are finally allowed to reopen in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 @ 8:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For Tara Deane’s two youngest children, virtual learning has been a nightmare.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 9:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Unions won a new stronghold in North Carolina. Patients will pay the price, experts say.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 4:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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School districts can allow elementary grade students to return to the classroom next month, Gov. Roy Cooper announced during a Sept. 17 news conference, but middle and high school students won’t have the same opportunity.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 7:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Diabetic state employees soon won’t have to swallow the rising cost of insulin.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 11:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Superior Court judge has struck down Wilmington’s citywide restrictions on vacation rentals. An Institute for Justice news release praised the ruling.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 2:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 has upended our traditional way of educating kids.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 2:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis went on the attack Monday night.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 9:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a split 2-1 ruling, the N.C. Court of Appeals has reinstated voter-approved state constitutional amendments to require voter ID and to cap the state’s income tax rate.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s state government began its 2020-21 fiscal year with $1.5 billion in cash left over from last year plus another $1.8 billion in rainy-day funds and other earmarked reserves.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yes, the N.C. Court of Appeals just upheld the state’s voter ID constitutional amendment.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 4:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says nearly 50 N.C. Democratic House lawmakers and candidates have backed a dangerous pledge to defund the police, but House Minority Leader Darren Jackson, D-Wake, says that’s a lie.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 12:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “will be the most pro-union president since [Franklin Roosevelt],” Jill Biden said of her husband Monday during a teleconference sponsored by a nurses’ union.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 @ 2:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is suing to dismantle a powerful legislative check on executive power. The N.C. Supreme Court will eventually decide the issue.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 4:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Like many North Carolina business owners burdened by Gov. Roy Cooper’s prolonged COVID-19 shutdowns, Greensboro developer Marty Kotis is fed up.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 10:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper owns this. He owns the coronavirus response and everything that will follow.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 7:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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