US District Judge William Osteen heard nearly three hours of arguments Thursday in state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls' lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2024 @ 5:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Now that the North Carolina General Assembly has passed congressional maps, candidates are announcing their intentions to run for one of the states 14 congressional seats.
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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First-term North Carolina Congressman Jeff Jackson has been redistricted out of his seat, but he isn’t going quietly. Jackson took to TikTok on Thursday to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state attorney general.
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly has passed three maps for the state House, state Senate, and US Congress, respectively. Redistricting is not subject to a veto from the governor, so the newly passed maps are now law.
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A hearing is scheduled Nov. 2 in Greensboro in state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls' federal First Amendment lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 10:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of 16 self-described civil rights organizations and 20 legal ethics professors have filed separate briefs supporting a First Amendment lawsuit from state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 7:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, state lawmakers released newly drawn maps for congressional districts and state House and Senate districts.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 2:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission is urging a federal court to reject a preliminary injunction and dismiss a First Amendment lawsuit from state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolinians Mark Meadows and Sidney Powell are among the 18 people indicted with former President Donald Trump by the state of Georgia for alleged crimes during the state’s 2020 elections.
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 @ 12:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ 4:44 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Saturday, former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker of Greensboro officially joined the race for the Republican nomination for N.C. governor.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 8:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In 2010, when Democrat Charles Graham first ran for Robeson County’s state House District 47, he defeated Republican Brawleigh Graham by a more-than-comfortable 67% to 33% margin.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 2:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, a bipartisan group of North Carolina legislators announced they would introduce legislation to add two seats to the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper honored Black History Month and recognized North Carolina’s African American lawyers and judges for their critical work in the legal field and justice system.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 8:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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A well-known political network that focuses on limited government says it’s time to look ahead to the future for Republican presidential candidates for 2024, and they say that future doesn’t include former President Donald Trump.
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 9:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After months of doorknocking, fundraising, TV ads, polling, and direct mail, the results for the 2022 midterm elections are in, and a new North Carolina congressional delegation will now head to Capitol Hill ahead of a new congressional session starting on January 3, 2023.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 1:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2022 General Election has come and gone. And while the oft-prophesied national “red wave” failed to materialize, North Carolina Republicans had a successful election season.
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 @ 3:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Democratic party saw significant movement in their party leadership recently, with more likely to come. WRAL’s Paul Specht in a long-winded but excellent report the departure of the state Democratic party executive director
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 @ 9:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After months of doorknocking, fundraising, TV ads, polling, and direct mail, the results for the 2022 midterm elections are in.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 11:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During the 2022 midterms, popular rock performers the Dave Matthews Band used their influence to encourage North Carolina voters to back Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley, who ultimately fell far short of Republican Sen.-elect Ted Budd.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 10:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses Republican Ted Budd’s victory over Democrat Cheri Beasley in North Carolina’s 2022 U.S. Senate race.
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2022 @ 12:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Republicans captured all seven statewide contests in strong victories in the high profile 2022 midterm election, according to unofficial results from the N.C. Board of Elections.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 11:25 pm
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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As Election Day dawned across the state, voters bundled up a bit and trickled in as poll workers braced for a long day ahead.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Oddsmakers have Republican Rep. Ted Budd winning in a landslide victory over Democrat opponent Cheri Beasley.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 10:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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According to a new study by conservative campus watchdog The College Fix, 95% of donations made by professors at North Carolina’s 10 largest universities, both public and private, went to Democrats.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 2:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Though Republicans nationally failed to perform to expectations, the GOP had a strong showing in NC
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses new polling that favors Republican candidate Ted Budd in his U.S. Senate race against Democrat Cheri Beasley.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 9:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With election upon us, the constant stream of campaign ads that most of us cannot seem to get away from has only steadily increased.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 4:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Until the last weeks of the election, polls consistently showed Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd and Democrat former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in a dead heat for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat
Published: Thursday, December 1st, 2022 @ 11:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, former Vince President Mike Pence made the case for electing Rep. Ted Budd for U.S. Senate in a final-week push before the 2022 midterm elections.
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 5:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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