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A three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina's 2018 state constitutional amendments mandating voter ID and lowering the state's income tax cap.
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2025 @ 10:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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would have allowed the WHO to influence lockdowns, vaccine documentation, and pandemic declarations without approval from elected officials or public input
Published: Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 @ 7:27 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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By Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Thursday, June 26th, 2025 @ 1:03 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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both election integrity Constitutional amendments approved by voters
Published: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Steed
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eliminates state medical aid to migrants, cuts bringing family members, increases deportation
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 8:27 am
By: John Steed
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A five-year-old lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter ID and tax cap state constitutional amendments will head to a three-judge panel.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 12:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has tweaked its lawsuit against the state's new anti-riot law. ACLU's amended suit arrived six days after Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill that removed a challenged provision.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 8:15 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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The GOP-led House passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday with key conservative provisions that face long odds in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 11:59 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Majority support citizen only voting, right to work, and taxpayer protection amendments
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 1:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Senate Judiciary Committee quickly approved an amended version of S.B. 3, the N.C. Compassionate Care Act. The bill will now go on to the Senate Finance Committee, and if it receives favorable report there, then to the Senate Rules Committee.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court dismissed as "moot" a request to speed up proceedings in a lawsuit challenging two state constitutional amendments.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 6:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. NAACP is seeking a "writ of mandamus" from the N.C. Supreme Court. It would speed up action in a case targeting state constitutional amendments for voter ID and a lower income tax cap.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With a 4-3 party-line vote, Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court agreed that two voter-approved state constitutional amendments could be thrown out. They have sent the case back to a trial judge to make that decision.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The “Inflation Reduction Act,” which passed the U.S. Senate on Sunday, is set to pass the U.S. House tomorrow, and the final version will not contain guarantees that those making under $400,000 per year will avoid any resulting new taxes.
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2022 @ 8:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A ruling overturning constitutional amendments would invalidate statewide votes of the people
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 8:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fate of two approved amendments to North Carolina’s Constitution now sits in the hands of the state Supreme Court. The court spent an hour Monday morning questioning lawyers who argued for and against the amendments.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 11:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Dallas Woodhouse, Carolina Journal investigative journalist, discusses his reporting at ExtremeInjustice.com on a controversial case involving the N.C. Supreme Court and two challenged state constitutional amendments.
Published: Sunday, January 30th, 2022 @ 5:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Four Democrat justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court could become the “Usurper Four” if they manage to remove two of their colleagues from a case involving Constitutional Amendments that were voted on in 2018.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 4:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Supreme Court Justices Tamara Barringer and Phil Berger Jr. confirmed late Friday afternoon that they will take part in a high-profile case involving two challenged amendments to the N.C. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 9:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging 2017 and 2018 amendments to North Carolina’s Right to Farm Act.
Published: Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 7:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Should Democrats on the State Supreme Court make the highly partisan and controversial move of forcing two Republican State Supreme Court Justices off a critical case to decide the fate of voter-approved state constitutional amendments requiring voter ID and lowering the maximum income tax rate.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The current version of Senate Bill 717 would add a Taxpayer Bill of Rights to the state constitution and provide two conforming amendments to carry it out.
Published: Sunday, April 25th, 2021 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, I have signed into law S. 3989, the "United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020" (the "Act"), which would amend the powers of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission.
Published: Friday, January 1st, 2021 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For years, we have listened to and read about persons and groups of persons who claim that their right to vote has been disenfranchised.
Published: Monday, December 28th, 2020 @ 7:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Today, I have signed into law S. 2981, the "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020" (the "Act").
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 5:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a split 2-1 ruling, the N.C. Court of Appeals has reinstated voter-approved state constitutional amendments to require voter ID and to cap the state’s income tax rate.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 3:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate Committee on Commerce and Insurance on Tuesday, May 26, approved duplicate amendments to a pair of bills revising state alcohol laws as they apply to outdoor seating in restaurants.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 12:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) issued the following statement after two of his amendments were unanimously adopted during a markup of H.R. 5800 in the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2020 @ 12:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections invites members of the public to comment on proposed rules and amendments to rules pertaining to campaign finance requirements.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 @ 6:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The House passed its $24.5 billion General Fund budget for 2019-20 by a 61-54 margin Thursday, May 2, after spending three hours wrestling with 34 amendments.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 3:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Text of a Letter From the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Regarding Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Amendments
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 11:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A decision by Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins to invalidate two constitutional amendments isn't necessarily tarnished by partisanship or judicial activism, former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr says.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 @ 9:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Earlier this month, North Carolina's voters considered six constitutional amendment proposals and approved four of them
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2018 ballot was loaded with constitutional amendments. Six, to be exact. Four will become part of the state constitution, but the General Assembly must pass enabling legislation for one, "Requires a photo ID to vote in person."
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2018 @ 9:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2018 midterm was one of the most interesting elections held in our state. While there wasn't the "blue wave" many had predicted, this was a change election
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 8:07 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you expected the 2018 midterm elections to settle all scores and clarify all unanswered political questions in the era of Donald Trump, you were just asking for disappointment - and that's what voters gave you
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 2:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led General Assembly hoped placing six constitutional amendments on the 2018 ballot which had polled well with voters would drive turnout in the GOP's favor
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 2:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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