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North Carolina’s Hispanic population continues to grow — from 5% of the state’s population in the 2000 census, to 8% in the 2010 census, to 11% in the 2020 census.
Published: Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democrat mayor of a town just south of Chicago hired a man who spent 24 years in prison for kidnapping two young teenage girls as a code enforcement officer.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. House committee charged with drawing new state election maps will start the formal map-drawing process Wednesday morning. Members can work on maps from 9 a.m. to as late as 5 p.m. each weekday until the process is complete.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 1:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Could an obscure historical discovery force Wingate University and the town to change names?
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 7:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2020 decennial census was problematic from the beginning and could lead North Carolina down a rabbit-trail of problems.
Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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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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The ballots have been counted. Twice. Some will be counted again. Maybe all of them.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 10:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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From the end of the Civil War through much of the 20th century, North Carolina effectively was a one-party state: Democratic.
Published: Sunday, November 29th, 2020 @ 12:50 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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During the August 2020 County Commissioners meeting, Republic Services proposed changing their current service level, from running the convenience sites and transfer station, to add roadside collection.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2020 @ 11:33 am
By: Tandy Oliver Dunn
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More than 4 million North Carolinans are missing from the 2020 census. Major media reports have emphasized a low census count could put billions in federal dollars at risk.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2020 @ 11:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper declared today, April 1, 2020, as National Census Day, to encourage all North Carolinians to participate in the census and be counted.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two counties along the Southern Border in Texas have issued “shelter-in-place” rules to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 10:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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Not all pictures are worth a thousand words. But the picture of North Carolina’s new congressional map tells an important story.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For several North Carolina counties, the General Assembly’s new election maps may misrepresent the actual population counts by around 20%.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers so far have spent two days huddled around computers in a garishly lit legislative committee room, working to fit the puzzle pieces in what will become newly redrawn congressional districts.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An East Carolina University associate professor will travel to Zambia next year to assist in water quality testing of the African nation’s groundwater system.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 @ 3:41 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The upcoming US Census will more accurately reflect the make-up of North Carolina's military communities thanks to a decision by the US Census Bureau to count deployed military at their latest base address
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 7:27 pm
By: Governor's Office
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As a decades-long proponent of redistricting reform, I welcome the recent and no-doubt heartfelt support for my cause from North Carolina Democrats
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 11:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You don't have to be a meteorologist to understand that the gathering storm clouds are threatening the 2018 elections
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 3:35 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Lawsuits challenging North Carolina's current congressional district map pose different questions than a suit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Wisconsin legislative maps
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers won't consider race when they redraw legislative maps to meet a Sept. 1 federal court deadline
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 9:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The rights of people, rather than political considerations, must be the primary focus in fixing 28 unconstitutionally drawn state legislative districts
Published: Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As state lawmakers returned home for a brief summer break, some members and their staffs were awaiting court orders outlining new General Assembly districts after federal judges declared the current map unconstitutional and racially gerrymandered
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ten words from a single U.S. Supreme Court justice just might have derailed an effort to end partisan gerrymandering through judicial fiat
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2016 @ 3:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new unofficial congressional district map released Monday by a bipartisan panel of former state judges was not received warmly by the members of the General Assembly who have the legal authority to set election district lines.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2016 @ 1:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new unofficial congressional district map released Monday by a bipartisan panel of former state judges was not received warmly by the members of the General Assembly who have the legal authority to set election district lines.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 @ 3:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thank you for your interest in the issue of "NO Ferry Tax". Because of your support, we won!
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Fayetteville Mayor Nat Robertson, and Jacksonville Mayor Sammy Phillips praised the U.S. Census Bureau's decision to count U.S. military personnel who are deployed outside the U.S. and are living on or off a military installation
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2016 @ 2:39 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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At least half of North Carolina, primarily rural, seems to be in decline. That's the dramatic conclusion you'll sometimes hear drawn from the latest Census Bureau county-level population estimates
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's interesting that Gov. McCrory is taking heat for the passage of the so-called "bathroom bill." He was opposed to the idea of a special session.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 1:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) met with U.S. Census Bureau director John Thompson and made the case that all North Carolina soldiers and Marines should be counted in the decennial census as residents of the state, regardless of whether or not they are deployed abroad
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 9:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
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