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McCrory: “I am in. I am going to run for the United States Senate”
Published: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 @ 3:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Multiple sources have confirmed to Carolina Journal that 13th District Congressman Ted Budd will enter the U.S. Senate race in the coming weeks.
Published: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 @ 12:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, is thinking seriously about a run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and plans to announce his decision within days, multiple sources tell Carolina Journal.
Published: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday, April 14, plans to announce on his radio show he will immediately enter the race for U.S. Senate in 2022, sources confirm to Carolina Journal.
Published: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 @ 6:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Every North Carolinian who pays personal income tax would see a lower rate, under a proposal from legislative Republicans.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 1:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two bills sitting on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk are designed to remediate learning losses for K-12 students left behind by classroom closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public school teachers in North Carolina receive an average annual salary of $53,392 for the current school year, according to the latest figures from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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