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Should private organizations fund election administration?
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a vote Monday evening, the N.C. Senate gave final approval to legalize use of medical marijuana in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2022 @ 12:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ballot order was randomly determined on March 4.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 11:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A change in N.C. law in 2017 ensures that a primary election candidate can win with just over 30% of the vote.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A tale of two Sandys has come to an end as previous GOP nominee Sandy Smith has won over Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District GOP primary race.
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 @ 10:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Some of us still haven’t put the 2020 elections to bed even as early voting has started for the 2022 Primary Elections.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 11:34 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Neither state Senate Democrat who initially voted for the Free the Smiles legislation last month was willing to stick with that “yes” vote this week.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2022 @ 5:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While state lawmakers urge the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the 2022 N.C. Congressional maps, filing in the map’s district races is over, for now.
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Precision Graphics, Inc., a leading global contract electronics manufacturing solutions provider, will open a new production facility in Greene County, creating 70 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 12:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will create 290 new jobs in Pitt County, Governor Roy Cooper announced.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 11:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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It’s his second veto in a week and third overall this year.
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 3:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 105 will require a second vote Friday morning.
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"We have consistently collected more from taxpayers than we need to operate a sound state government," said Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 @ 7:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During day two of a trial in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law, Senate Republicans highlighted supportive comments uttered by Democrats when the General Assembly approved the law in 2018.
Published: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 @ 6:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein was always going to face backlash from Republicans over North Carolina’s voter ID, regardless of how he handled the legal battle, some experts say.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2020 @ 12:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrats Start with Strong Chance to Make Further Gains, GOP Likely, to retain Majority
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This week, Civitas Action released its annual state legislative rankings for 2019.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 4:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation report shows Republican lawmakers scored an average of 91.95% on business-related decisions during the 2019 legislative session.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2019 @ 8:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly has approved a plan to reform the Innovative School District.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 3:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly may finally end the months-long budget stalemate and override the governor’s veto of the budget.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 7:54 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 what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Since 2006, 11 rural hospitals in North Carolina have closed — seven in the past six years, as more people move to cities and suburbs.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2019 @ 10:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Our political process is under tremendous pressure, no question. In North Carolina and beyond, politics has been overly coarsened, polarized, and trivialized. But the system isn’t irreparably broken.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 7:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate approved a plan to return millions in surplus tax revenue to taxpayers, despite complaints from some Democratic lawmakers who wanted to use the money for education or infrastructure.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 4:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne), Sen. Don Davis (D-Pitt), Rep. Chris Humphrey (R-Lenoir) and Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) praised House passage of the NC Military and Veteran Act of 2019 (SB 230).
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 5:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill making it easier for someone to become a licensed funeral director has cleared the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The people of eastern North Carolina are under attack by Raleigh politicians, putting health care for millions and thousands of jobs at significant risk in 29 counties.
Published: Friday, June 7th, 2019 @ 12:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina senators passed a budget resolution May 31, but they’re still working to resolve a disputed provision involving Vidant Health.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 @ 4:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate passed its budget plan for the next two years Friday by a 30-16 vote.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 @ 11:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion 2019-20 budget amid sharp rhetoric that broke along partisan and regional divides.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 5:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Another week, another editorial ripping the NC Democrat Party.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 6:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last Tuesday, the Senate voted to override Governor Roy Cooper's veto of The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which requires doctors to provide medical care to babies born alive during an attempted abortion.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Davis Ferrell, age 79, a resident of Washington, NC died Wednesday July 4, 2018 at her home
Published: Thursday, July 5th, 2018 @ 10:36 am
By: Announcements
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