The Carolina Journal has learned that Jeff Hauser, a current NCGA House staffer and experienced Republican operative, will announce an exploratory committee for the 13th U.S. Congressional District on Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, is the district’s incumbent.
Published: Sunday, October 8th, 2023 @ 4:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Throughout election night, Carolina Journal will be providing up-to-the-minute results from key state and federal races across North Carolina. Check back for regular updates as the evening unfolds.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 10:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While some lawmakers are leaving the General Assembly in 2020, 11 former legislators are aiming for a comeback.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Now that filing has closed for the 2020 North Carolina state House elections, four main questions surround who will control the chamber in 2021.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2020 @ 7:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With candidate filing behind us, we can take a first look at what will likely be some of the more interesting state legislative races in the 2020 election.
Published: Monday, December 23rd, 2019 @ 2:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Partisanship often dominates contemporary political dialogue, but it’s possible for Republicans and Democrats to find at least some common ground.
Published: Saturday, October 5th, 2019 @ 2:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Wednesday, January 9, 2019 one-day session featured the swearing in of all legislators who had not already taken their oaths in local ceremonies.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 9:27 pm
By: S. Henri McClees
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It's a safe bet that state Rep. Jonathan Jordan agrees with Republican colleagues Bill Brawley, Susan Martin, and Scott Stone much more often than he agrees with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the incoming New York congresswoman and newly elevated champion of the political left
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that Democrats have erased the GOP's veto-proof majorities for the 2019 legislative session, Republican lawmakers could try to rush initiatives through a lame duck legislative session scheduled for Nov. 27, a top political observer says
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 2:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Election Day has come and gone. Some good things happened, some didn't.
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Victims of human trafficking can feel mistreated in the North Carolina justice system, facing charges for offenses they committed while under the influence of coercion and deception, state policymakers say
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2018 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Four towns in Mecklenburg County can open and run their own charter schools apart from the local board of education
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 10:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 514, which would allow four cities in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district to create and run their own charter schools, passed its initial vote in the Senate, 30-20
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill allowing a few towns to operate their own charter schools is closer to becoming law
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrats and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are claiming a bill allowing municipalities to create charter schools would only lead to financial complications and legal conundrums
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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School safety, charter schools, and teacher pay headline K-12 issues for Republican and Democratic lawmakers during the N.C. General Assembly's 2018 short session
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill to crackdown on sex trade websites is now federal law - but not all anti-trafficking experts back the measure
Published: Sunday, April 15th, 2018 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers aren't likely to split up North Carolina's largest school districts any time soon
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether the size of a school district has any effect on academic performance or cost efficiency is unclear, because the research isn't conclusive, UNC-Chapel Hill representatives told a legislative committee
Published: Sunday, April 8th, 2018 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units took a detour from talking about district size to explore innovative programs across the state
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 1:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A committee studying school district divisions has raised more questions so far than it has answered.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans chose to shun race as a consideration in remapping 28 legislative districts federal courts have deemed racial gerrymanders
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 @ 6:20 am
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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It's been a decade since Rep. Bill Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, uncovered a sex trafficking ring at a hotel in west Charlotte
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Anderson was introduced to drugs and became addicted. She was trafficked in Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and many other U.S. cities
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It would be hard to find a more blatant example of cronyism than the North Carolina law forbidding brewers who produce more than 25,000 barrels per year from selling their products directly to retailers
Published: Friday, April 21st, 2017 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, has a reputation for being plain-spoken
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Representative John Szoka (R- Cumberland) and Representative Holly Grange (R- New Hanover) issued the following statement this morning
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2016 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We expect that the official Conference Report will be ready on Sunday night. Please note that it has to be posted online for it to be read-in on Monday.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2015 @ 3:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation today that will streamline the regulation of ride sharing transportation companies.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2015 @ 9:35 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A bill setting up state regulation of transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft cleared a House Committee on Tuesday.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 9:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh, N.C. - Governor Pat McCrory took action on Senate Bill 372 today, which extends the tax credit for renewable energy projects in the state.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Some of the honorables on Jones Street — aided and abetted by the drive by media — are still pushing that myth about how cash-starved the state is for road construction money.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory signed a bill this afternoon that authorizes approximately $376 million of improvements that will directly benefit students at six University of North Carolina (UNC) institutions.
Published: Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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