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With fresh census data forcing N.C. lawmakers to draw new congressional and legislative election maps next year, we’re bound to hear calls once again for redistricting reform.
Published: Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 2:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After slogging through a mass of statistical data and redistricting jargon, day three of Common Cause v. Lewis brought the court back to the fundamental questions: the constitutionality of Republicans’ gerrymandered maps and the legal implications of the controversial Hofeller files.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2019 @ 2:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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NCGOP Will Elect A New Chair At Convention In June
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 12:06 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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Four-term state lawmaker Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2018.
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 12:39 am
By: Bill Cook
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A hearing that liberal groups hoped would undermine North Carolina voting reform instead appears to have revealed their true objectives.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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People were calling in to Rush talking about "teaching a lesson" to The Establishment. Rush had an interesting response: The establishment is not 'teachable.'
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Day in North Carolina was not a great one for bona-fide conservatives.
Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 @ 2:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The incumbent, Rep. Walter Jones Jr., defeated challenger Taylor Griffin in a race that saw Griffin's D.C. and New York allies independently spend more than a million dollars to defeat Jones.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It shouldn't have come as a surprise in 2013 that North Carolina Democrats and self-styled progressives reacted with fury when Republicans took over the General Assembly and the governor's office.
Published: Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 @ 12:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina is little more than a month away from the primary elections that will set the stage for another round of high-profile electoral battles in November. As voters prepare to head to the polls, the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation is watching the state's most important electoral contests...
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Partisan Index has been updated to show the political balance of power in North Carolina as revealed in the 2012 elections.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2014 @ 9:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The website newgeography.org recently published a study of which metro areas have the most economic momentum as 2014 gets under way. The Praxis Strategy Group looked at factors such as GDP growth, job growth, unemployment rates, population growth and migration from other states.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 @ 11:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Even though Election Day 2014 is nearly 11 months away, the editors and staff of Carolina Journal already have begun reporting and offering analysis of key races across North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 @ 12:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Got a flat tire? *Man, if the Democrats still controlled the legislature, that nail would NEVER have been in the road.*
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 12:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Leftists want you to believe that the results show America loves Barry Obama. The media wants you to believe The Tea Party was soundly rejected. What was the real takeaway from Tuesday?
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 11:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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When reason gets stretched to the breaking point I start asking myself " What does everybody else know that I do not know?"
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 @ 1:42 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Well, congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) has sent out an email to constituents announcing that she's going to forego a run for the Senate and bless us with TWO MORE YEARS in DC's lower chamber.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 11:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Recently, I've been subjected to some insinuations that my Christianity and my conservatism are in question because I dare to raise questions about the leadership of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 5:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Think back to 2006 with me. We had a conservative firebrand GOP legislator, representing a district near Charlotte, who was making headlines by criticizing the leadership of the state House (at the time, Democrat Jim Black and "Republican" Richard Morgan).
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2013 @ 9:46 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Charlotte is getting a lot of attention lately. It hosted Barack Obama and the Democrat National Convention in 2012. Its former mayor was just sworn in as governor. On January 25, The Queen City will be hosting the winter meeting of The Republican National Committee.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 11:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina Sheriff Police Alliance is making public its endorsements in the 2012 elections.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 3:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Looks like the Beaufort County Commissioners are serving up a large helping of Obama style change. Obama promised change. Sure enough things changed, for the worse. Cannot say we did not get change.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 4:35 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Nearly 70 years have passed since economist F.A. Hayek warned the Western world in his book The Road to Serfdom about the dangers of moving toward bigger, more intrusive government.
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 1:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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But Parker won't be on the ballot. The real instigators of their political woes have been or will be on the ballot: Barack Obama and Beverly Perdue.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2012 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On April 17th NC SPIN, North Carolina's only independently produced statewide TV and radio talk show celebrates our 700th show with a delightful evening with Bob Schieffer and we would LOVE for you to join us!
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2012 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County politics: the democratic process, just took a remarkable turn as we come to the end of filing for the 2012 election.
Published: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 @ 11:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With one more Democrat, Lloyd Ballance from the Belhaven area, filing for Beaufort County Commissioner, there will be a primary for the Democrats.
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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2012 elections for the primary, and then on to the general election began today, February 13, 2012.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2012 @ 7:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State public campaign funding for key races is drying up, a situation with significant implications for a number of candidates in this coming election season.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett), Co-Chairman of the Joint Redistricting Committee, released the following statement today regarding the ruling issued today by a three-judge panel on redistricting:
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 @ 1:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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