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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Here’s my parting message for the year: “23 skidoo.” Readers “of a certain age,” know this early 20th century slang expression.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 5:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A federal judge has blocked a far-reaching California law that would have banned carrying guns almost everywhere in public, including at places like churches and playgrounds.
Published: Friday, January 19th, 2024 @ 2:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Since the Supreme Court's landmark decision to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in 2018, the U.S. sports betting landscape has transformed dramatically. States now have the autonomy to enact their own sports betting laws, creating a patchwork of...
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 11:42 am
By: Earl Glover
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Gov Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley announced Monday that Medicaid expansion will begin on Dec. 1.
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 9:32 am
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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The judicial system in North Carolina would see plenty of changes if the proposed budget bill is passed.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 4:08 pm
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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Malkin awarded funds to establish, direct new initiative
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 1:58 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Wells fails to file, Walker changed races
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Steed
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper recently paid a visit to the Mary Washington Howe Pre-K Center in Wilmington to announce an $8 million funding initiative for preschools across North Carolina.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 10:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A number of Raleigh politicos expected legislative leadership to announce a budget agreement this week. On Tuesday, however, tales of a budget agreement came and went.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:10 am
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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Nearly three months into the fiscal year, a budget bill has finally arrived
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 12:57 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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liberal Salisbury lawyer gets Tillis endorsement
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Steed
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Forty-one percent of likely general election voters in North Carolina now approve of Gov. Roy Cooper’s job performance, with 45% disapproving, according to the results of the latest Civitas poll.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 1:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a month-long break for some, state lawmakers are getting back to work this week. Here is a preview of a few things North Carolinians might see in Raleigh this week:
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 3:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State budget negotiations are stalled as House and Senate lawmakers are too far apart to reach a deal. Reportedly, there will not be a budget agreement until likely September, following what had initially been a June 30 deadline.
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 @ 6:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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$500 million corrupt waste, thanks to progressive Phil Berger
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 9:10 am
By: John Steed
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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: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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State budget writers have once again failed to pass a state budget by the beginning of the fiscal year
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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wants them for someone else but NOT HIMSELF
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 12:12 pm
By: John Steed
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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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