Republican state legislative leaders and Democratic N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein take contrasting approaches to a proposed temporary restraining order against North Carolina's new abortion law.
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Moore v. Harper, 6-3, that state courts can review congressional election maps drawn by legislatures. The ruling affirms a 2022 decision by North Carolina's Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Critics of North Carolina's new abortion law are drawing a federal judge's attention to new legislation that would tweak the law. They say the new legislation should have no impact on their request for a temporary restraining order.
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2023 @ 7:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles will allow top Republican legislative leaders to take part in Wednesday's hearing in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new abortion law.
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 @ 12:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly's top leaders seek to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new abortion law.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 3:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House Rules Committee voted in favor of changes to Senate Bill 747, laying a framework for major election law changes in the Tar heel state.
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 @ 4:49 pm
By: Kevin Smith
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Elections boards and primary elections now contoolled by legislative leaders
Published: Sunday, August 20th, 2023 @ 2:07 pm
By: John Steed
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Senate Rules Committee passed two bills—Senate Bills 747 and 749—that would significantly impact elections in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 6:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican legislative leaders defy the grassroots
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Steed
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Lord Acton famously observed that “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 10:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the same day that Gov. Roy Cooper complained about a legislative "power grab" involving changes to the N.C. State Board of Elections, his lawyers filed paperwork in a lawsuit challenging the current board.
Published: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 @ 3:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina No. 1 in CNBC's Annual Competitiveness Rankings for the 2nd Year in a Row
Published: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 @ 3:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to make the North Carolina state and local elections boards bipartisan.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Full Report Includes Previously Approved Recommendations to Increase Transparency and Accountability
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 3:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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House Bill 951 put NC on very same path
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2023 @ 8:04 pm
By: John Steed
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Opponents of North Carolina's voter ID law are asking a federal judge to lift a stay that has kept their case in limbo since December 2021.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 5:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's 2018 voter ID law has had its first court filing since July 2022.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 3:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In what has to be a landmark decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state legislatures do not have unchecked power over federal elections.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:44 am
By: Tom Campbell
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green energy makes for high power prices and less reliability
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 8:14 am
By: John Steed
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Budget watch continues at the General Assembly with the end of the fiscal year only two weeks away.
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2023 @ 9:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Unaffiliated voters challenging the partisan makeup of the N.C. State Board of Elections are challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's latest court filing in the case.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Having reported, discussed and written about North Carolina for 58 years I increasingly find myself responding to happenings by asking the question, “What’s your end game? What are you trying to accomplish?
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 8:44 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Legislative leaders filed a new legal brief Friday responding to criticism of their motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit against state abortion pill restrictions.
Published: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 @ 7:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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when will Beaufort County pass a solar farm ordinance with some teeth?
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2023 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Steed
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Recommendations Include New Center of Higher Education Governance, Increased Transparency and Accountability, and Expand Appointment Authority to Make It Bipartisan
Published: Monday, July 10th, 2023 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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this is a Phil Berger / Jim Perry / Tim Moore boondoggle
Published: Friday, July 7th, 2023 @ 4:14 pm
By: John Steed
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A bipartisan bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Delta Dental to reorganize and create a holding company that could transfer billions in surplus policyholder money passed in the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A good friend, knowing how much I enjoy words, recently sent me a copy of Dr. Frank Luntz’s classic book, “Words that work.”
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 6:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Says wind and solar not reliable; this is a wake up call for North Carolina
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 7:55 pm
By: John Steed
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unreliable intermittant "green energy" fails again as it will with NC's Green New Deal
Published: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 @ 9:00 am
By: John Steed
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Parties in the Moore v. Harper redistricting case have split on the issue of whether the U.S. Supreme Court should decide the case.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 6:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) officially appointed three new members, who will serve four-year terms, and selected a new chairman.
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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