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pay for play rides again
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 8:00 am
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Sunday, June 28th, 2026 @ 6:01 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Kidwell was a leader in blocking Phil Berger's casnio bill
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 @ 4:06 pm
By: John Steed
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In the final days of state budget negotiations, there was a pressurized hush around the legislative complex as lawmakers feuded over the sudden addition of legalizing four casinos to the nearly $30 billion state budget.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a Tuesday evening press conference at the N.C. General Assembly, Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, announced an agreement to abandon, for now, efforts to legalize casinos through the state budget.
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2023 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of prominent North Carolina business leaders, and some big Republican donors, sent a letter Tuesday morning to all House Republicans urging them to abandon plans to muddy the budget process with legalized casinos
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 10:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican leaders have confirmed a new strategy that is expected to get Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, the casinos he wants.
Published: Sunday, December 24th, 2023 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Finally. The Republican conference budget proposal was finally released earlier today. I’m sure readers are aware of the infighting among Republican lawmakers regarding casino legislation and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 12:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"A lot of these bills function as what I call a Freddy Krueger bill," said Rep. Keith Kidwell, R-Beaufort. "Right about the time you think they are dead, someone breathes new life into them."
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 12:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the Republican supermajority's plan to tie Medicaid Expansion to their controversial, backroom casino plan:
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 @ 10:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The old aphorism was never truer, “laws are like sausages. It’s best not to see them being made.” The big news this week has been the state budget and why, almost three months late, it hasn’t passed.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:39 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We are being asked to vote for casinos in the NC State Budget. Casino legislation has not been moved through any committees in the NC House, and members have yet to have input into the process or content of the legislation.
Published: Sunday, October 8th, 2023 @ 4:03 am
By: ENC NOW
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Contact your State representatives
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 @ 6:54 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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I loved when the fair came to town. Rides, good food, exhibits, not to mention the “hoochie koochie” show.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 3:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Mark Robinson fails to engage on issue, but took casino money
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2023 @ 7:39 am
By: John Steed
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Not enough votes for casinos
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 10:40 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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one of four finalists for gambling "policymaker of the year"
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2023 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Steed
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Pay-to-Play Perry strikes again
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 9:22 am
By: John Steed
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Christian Action League
Published: Saturday, August 26th, 2023 @ 12:39 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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will we see a primary? We SHOULD. Berger needs to GO
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2023 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Steed
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Republican legislative leaders defy the grassroots
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Steed
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Follow the money
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 3:28 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Two people died and at least eight others suffered injuries in a knife attack outside a Las Vegas casino on Thursday.
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2022 @ 11:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Description of working in Las Vegas on 9/11.
Published: Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 @ 10:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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hile the N.C. Senate didn’t handle sports betting legislation before the Fourth of July break, there’s still hope of legal wagers in the state outside of the two Cherokee casinos.
Published: Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 @ 2:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A recently introduced Senate bill would authorize and regulate sports betting in North Carolina beyond the tribal casinos with the revenue primarily going to schools and economic development.
Published: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation wants to build a $340 million casino in Kings Mountain. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opposes the competition.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 4:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won easily against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary, while casino mogul Donald Trump staved off a late surge by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to claim victory in the GOP presidential contest
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the Catawba Indian Nation awaits a ruling from the U.S. Department of the Interior on acquiring land in Cleveland County to build a $340 million resort/casino, it is battling in South Carolina courts to create a similar gambling property on its border reservation in Rock Hill.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 12:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The South Carolina-based Catawba Nation would not be the first Indian tribe to operate a casino in a state where it has no reservation if it is able to open an entertainment resort in Cleveland County.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 @ 4:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Catawba Indian Nation's plan to build a $340 million casino/resort in Cleveland County would end the Eastern Band of Cherokees' gaming monopoly in North Carolina. First, the proposal must receive unprecedented federal approval in a case complicated by murky laws, allegations that campaign contri
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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