Planned Parenthood and a Duke Health doctor target two pieces of North Carolina's new abortion law for an injunction. One involves a documentation requirement for doctors using abortion drugs. The other requires abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy to take place in a hospital.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 1:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has denied Gov. Roy Cooper's request for a temporary stay in a Forsyth County video sweepstakes lawsuit.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper and top state law enforcement officials urge the N.C. Court of Appeals to block a Forsyth County judge's ruling in a video sweepstakes case.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs in a Forsyth County video sweepstakes lawsuit urge the N.C. Court of Appeals to reject a request from Gov. Roy Cooper and state law enforcement leaders.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former state legislator and candidate for lieutenant governor Andy Wells has thrown his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination for governor in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 6:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and district attorneys in Durham, Guilford, and Wake counties have filed motions asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's updated anti-riot law.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Planned Parenthood and a Duke Health doctor have amended their lawsuit against North Carolina's new abortion law.
Published: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis are among a contingent of 10 Republican senators seeking answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) about seven “service centers” with ties to the Chinese Communist Party operating across the U.S.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 11:39 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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The legal battle over North Carolina's new abortion law returns to a federal courthouse in Greensboro on Sept. 21.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 10:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new abortion law would head back to federal court on Sept. 12 or Sept. 13, under two competing timelines put forward by parties in the case.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 2:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Parties in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new abortion law have agreed that a temporary restraining order can last longer than two weeks.
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 @ 7:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has issued an order confirming that Republican legislative leaders can continue defending North Carolina's new abortion law in federal court.
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 2:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has blocked one section of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect Saturday. The section requires doctors using abortion-inducing drugs to document an "intrauterine pregnancy."
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 @ 2:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders have signed onto a "joint stipulation" that addresses two points of contention in a federal lawsuit attacking North Carolina's new abortion law.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 2:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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H.B. 190, Dept. of Health and Human Services Revisions, a bill that features revisions to abortion law changes made in S.B.20, Care for Women, Children, and Families Act, was signed into law by Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday.
Published: Sunday, September 17th, 2023 @ 7:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lincoln said you can fool some of the people all of the time, the only explanation I can offer for why Trump and Biden are tied at 43 percent in the New York Times presidential poll released Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 9:40 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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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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On Thursday, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, said he would not defend his state over a new abortion law legislators passed in May.
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 1:28 pm
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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Roughly six-in-10 likely voters prefer capitalism over socialism, according to the results of the latest Civitas Poll from the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Wednesday, August 30th, 2023 @ 11:47 am
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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Planned Parenthood is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect July 1.
Published: Thursday, August 24th, 2023 @ 12:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The American Civil Liberties Union is defending its federal lawsuit against North Carolina's new anti-riot law. Attorney General Josh Stein and three local district attorneys have asked a federal judge to dismiss the suit.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 3:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Planned Parenthood and a Duke Health doctor filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block North Carolina's month-old abortion law.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 12:58 am
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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June's meeting comes as the state legislature develops the state budget, and candidates launch campaigns for 2024 elections.
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 12:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"I had never met her," Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, said of Cleta Mitchell. "I did not know who she was until after the meeting. They had no influence on the bill whatsoever."
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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More want employers to steer clear of political controversies.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a true emergency declaration, Council of State members would have to vote on on the action taken by Cooper, or any other governor, under a new law that took effect on Jan. 1.
Published: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 @ 8:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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On Saturday, former Congressman Mark Walker entered the 2024 North Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary after months of speculation.
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced the NC S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) initiative to urge North Carolinians to take action to safely store their firearms and save lives.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 8:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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