The General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 747, “An Act to Make Various Changes Regarding Election Law,” on October 10. The party-line votes were 30-19 in the Senate and 72-44 in the House.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 6:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Changes include making most mail ballots due by election day and making ballots associated with same-day registrations provisional
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2023 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The difference between Republican governance and Democrat tax and spend
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 8:09 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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The John Locke Foundation is excited to enter a new era on July 1, 2023, when Donald Bryson succeeds Amy O. Cooke as chief executive officer and publisher of Carolina Journal. Locke announced Bryson’s promotion and Cooke’s retirement Tuesday.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2023 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A loophole in North Carolina law allows ballots from unverified registrations to be counted
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2023 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Americans want non-political classroom
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2023 @ 8:18 am
By: John Steed
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As the North Carolina Utilities Commission works on a Carbon Plan that would dramatically shape the state’s energy future, the state grew by 133,088 people in 2022 alone, the third fastest-growing state in the nation.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 7:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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will party loyalty rules be enforced? They should be
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Steed
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An injunction on North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban was lifted on Aug. 18, allowing the law to be reinstated, and immediately afterwards, the state’s top elected officials jumped into action with their reactions and messaging.
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 10:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan bill to address PFAS pollution would require polluters like Chemours to reimburse public water systems for cleanup, abatement, and technology needs
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2022 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More NC Democrats turned out for early voting than Republicans, 233,172 to 189,96.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a typical election year, the assumption is that Democrats will dominate early voting and Republicans will catch up on Election Day. But in 2022, at least during the primary, this usual pattern has gone out the window.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has sided with Attorney General Josh Stein in a battle over money flowing to state government from a legal settlement between the state and hog operation Smithfield Foods.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 6:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Support for the Opportunity Scholarship Program stands at 61%, according to a new Civitas Poll of likely voters presented by the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 6:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A controversial environmental program controlled by North Carolina’s attorney general and funded by hog farm proceeds returned today to the N.C. Supreme Court. The court must decide whether the AG can maintain control of the funding moving forward.
Published: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 @ 3:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal lawsuit challenging a North Carolina charter school’s dress code will head back to a trial court.
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 4:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to expand the Opportunity Scholarship Program passed the N.C. House, 69-49, on Tuesday, April 13, following a floor debate that focused on accountability.
Published: Sunday, April 18th, 2021 @ 7:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former N.C. Governor Pat McCrory threw his hat in the ring on Wednesday to represent North Carolina in the United States Senate.
Published: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 7:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Meagen O’Connell couldn’t stomach the thought of missing her son’s games.
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2021 @ 1:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina state government’s first philanthropy liaison will join Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration on March 1.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2021 @ 8:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The intellectual forces that have driven three decades of freedom-forward research and policy reforms in North Carolina will merge their capabilities, ensuring that North Carolinians' liberties are robustly defended and advanced as we enter this next decade.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 6:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It took five weeks to settle the final race, but when the N.C. Supreme Court’s session opens in a few weeks, there will be a new chief in Raleigh.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Charlotte Observer published an inflammatory, race baiting, factless opinion piece that is a disservice to its readers and is insulting to Chief Justice Cherie Beasley and Chief Justice-elect Paul Newby.
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 9:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Unfortunately, our current politicized culture causes many to look first to the government when they think about charitable giving and helping those in need.
Published: Sunday, December 27th, 2020 @ 10:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the biggest political and cultural shifts over 90 or so years is the clamoring for the government to do more in just about every area of society.
Published: Saturday, December 26th, 2020 @ 11:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Association of Educators Political Action Committee (NCAE PAC) included in its second-quarter 2020 finance report contributions to Gov. Roy Cooper’s and NC Sen. Dan Blue’s campaigns in excess of the legal limit.
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 3:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A joint statement from John Locke Foundation and Civitas Institute
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 12:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A split 2-1 panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled that money resulting from a settlement between Smithfield Foods and the N.C. attorney general must flow into the state treasury.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 9:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Newby’s election completed a Republican sweep of eight statewide judicial seats, including three at the Supreme Court and five on the Court of Appeals.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. attorney general can’t keep and distribute money from a settlement over hog waste that leaked and overflowed from lagoons.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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