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Abrams' failure to win in court reminds us of how unnecessary the State Board of Elections' 2020 collusive lawsuit settlement was
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The last puzzle pieces of a new budget are finally coming together, as both the House and the Senate passed the $25.9 billion budget for the biennium. It is now headed to Gov. Roy Cooper, who announced earlier this week that he intends to sign it.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly is expected to being voting Tuesday on the newly-released 2021-23 conference budget.
Published: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he will sign the first budget from the General Assembly since he took office in 2017. The announcement came in a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 16, and before the first vote from the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state House voted 58-47 Wednesday, Sept. 15, to endorse a bill requiring the state attorney general to get approval from legislative leaders before settling lawsuits on their behalf. The bill now heads to the governor.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After the topic sat dormant for several months, lawmakers once again took up a bill that would ban collusive settlements involving the state attorney general. A state House committee approved the bill Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Published: Monday, October 18th, 2021 @ 3:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the N.C. State Board of Elections, is blocking attempts by the N.C. House Freedom Caucus to inspect voting machines for possible irregularities.
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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2020 NC elections, like states around the country, were marked by lawsuit settlements that changed voting rules without consulting the legislature
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Board of Elections voted Friday, May 14, to rehire Karen Brinson Bell as executive director.
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 4:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate has already passed its own version of a bill to outlaw collusive settlements.
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 2:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 360 is meant to resolve the type of situation that evolved in 2020 with actions taken by N.C. State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 4:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I wrote last week on Senate Bill 326, which includes several important reforms to North Carolina’s election laws
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican senators have introduced a bill that would require lawmakers to sign off on any deal settling a lawsuit in which the legislature is a party.
Published: Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 @ 8:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Judge William Osteen Jr. of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued two orders on the evening of October 14 in the ongoing dispute.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2020 @ 8:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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