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The City of Charlotte and the light rail system are back in the news, after an individual was seriously injured in a stabbing on the Blue Line Friday night.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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National attention is intensifying after the gruesome murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light rail on Aug. 22.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 @ 10:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Home Builders Association supports a charter school operator's legal fight against the town of Wake Forst. The dispute sits now with the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 7:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Coalition of Charter Schools urges the N.C. Supreme Court to overturn a split 2022 state Appeals Court decision in a charter school dispute.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 5:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A second-year law student at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill School of Law was arrested Sunday and charged with domestic terrorism in a coordinated crowd attack on the police training center in Atlanta.
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 1:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While many of her fellow Democrats are mum, three-term Charlotte mayor Vi Lyles has issued a proclamation recognizing Jan. 22-28 as National School Choice Week in the Queen City.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 1:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In recent months, the Democrat-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) has been at odds with conservatives on a number of fronts, causing Republicans to accuse the board of partisanship.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 @ 10:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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2022 Presidents Cup will have an economic impact of over $175 million for the region
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 7:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolinians are hearing from election officials and leaders from both major political about why they can have confidence in North Carolina’s elections.
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 @ 2:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat; and former Judge Bob Orr, a one-time Republican whose recent political efforts have been largely in opposition to his former party, are leading an initiative to increase trust in North Carolina’s elections infrastructure.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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To paraphrase Alice, who used the term to describe her adventures in Wonderland, election politics in America is getting “curiouser and curiouser.” North Carolina has been in the forefront of innovation and implementation
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A group describing itself as "recognized leaders in the North Carolina business community" supports plaintiffs in the Leandro school funding legal dispute.
Published: Sunday, July 31st, 2022 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A debate Saturday among three Republican candidates to replace retiring U.S. Sen Richard Burr, R-N.C., was substantive and respectful yet offered just enough fireworks to spark small fires throughout.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The PoleVolt Electric Vehicle Charging Station Provides Free EV Charging for the Public, Takes Advantage of Existing Infrastructure and Increases Accessibility to Charging
Published: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 11:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Filmmakers producing projects in North Carolina are on track to invest a record amount of money in the state in 2021, Governor Roy Cooper announced during a press conference at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 10:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments and nominations to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 @ 2:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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A former South Carolina congressman says it’s possible to get N.C. conservatives to back a carbon tax and other progressive climate change policies if the left uses an economic argument to do so.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Intercontinental Capital Group Will Create a $5.8 Million Operations Hub in Charlotte
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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President Donald Trump flummoxed officials in Charlotte while taking a partisan swipe at Gov. Roy Cooper by suggesting the Republican National Convention may skip past North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The University of North Carolina System is governed by confusion, and the problem is as much systemic as it is situational.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2019 @ 9:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since January 2016, the University of North Carolina system has had two “permanent” presidents and two interim leaders (including current Interim President Dr. Bill Roper).
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2019 @ 5:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Additional seat in Congress and billions of dollars in federal funding are at stake for North Carolina
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2019 @ 8:25 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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Allies of UNC System Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith are trying to silence a critic on the board
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 11:34 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 hard to feel good about the following headline: “Charter school closing due to poor performance.”
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issues the following statement following the Republican National Committee selecting Charlotte to host the 2020 Republican National Convention
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An assistant chief counsel to the Watergate Committee, a former Charlotte mayor, a nationally known criminal defense attorney, and the first woman to lead Wake Forest University School of Law are among the 23 lawyers inducted into the inaugural North Carolina Lawyers Hall of Fame during a luncheon
Published: Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 @ 3:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Sugar Creek Charter School graduates its first 12th-grade class this year, all 30 members will head to college
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 11:14 am
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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When lawmakers are complaining that your building projects seem a bit expensive, it might not be the best time to tell them that you spend a little extra money to ensure that all of your bricks look the same
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 2016 gubernatorial campaign, Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and left-leaning media outlets excoriated Pat McCrory and other North Carolina Republicans for elevating divisive social disputes above the issues that most voters care most about, such as creating jobs and impr
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2017 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today HB142, a bipartisan bill supported by a majority of Republicans in both chambers, was signed into law
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2017 @ 3:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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