On Saturday, October 28, 2023, North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, visited the U.S.—Mexico border.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 6:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses North Carolina’s new congressional and legislative election maps.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 4:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Many were surprised to hear President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday on the resumption of building the border wall in South Texas — including Republican US Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 5:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Legislators Now Exempt from Public Records Thanks to New Budget Addition
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, Sept. 22, the General Assembly passed a budget which contains a new provision that would allow lawmakers total discretion over destroying records.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 2:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, Donna King, Alex Baltzegar, David Larson, Mitch Kokai, and Theresa Opeka break down the week’s news.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 10:03 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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Former US Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina died Thursday at home in Clinton, North Carolina. A former Democrat-turned-Republican, Faircloth was a prominent figure in Tar Heel politics for more than half a century.
Published: Sunday, December 24th, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses factors separating the NC House and Senate as they negotiate a state budget deal.
Published: Sunday, November 26th, 2023 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, North Carolina voters cast ballots in the last of three municipal elections this year in the state’s first elections with Voter ID requirements in place. Municipal elections were held in 465 municipalities in 86 counties across the state.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 10:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chef, discusses the latest developments in negotiations over North Carolina’s state budget.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 12:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Research on the pandemic’s effect on student enrichment shows that just forty-five percent of North Carolina’s K-12 students passed state reading, math, and science exams.
Published: Monday, October 23rd, 2023 @ 10:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses challenges linked to North Carolina’s upcoming Medicaid expansion.
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2023 @ 12:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines shot back at North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper for his veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, pointing to the long term, serious injuries of North Carolina female teen volleyball player Payton McNabb.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 7:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses portions of North Carolina’s abortion legislation that have attracted little public attention.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 9:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Focused heavily on state legislative candidates, the governor, and attorney general, millions are flowing from one primary abortion provider in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 6:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday night, a federal judge blocked the Biden administration from implementing a policy that would have allowed the Customs and Border Protection officials to release migrants currently in custody without a court date, if containment facilities were overcrowded.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses her trip to the southern border crossing at McAllen, Texas.
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week on “The Debrief”: – Donna King is on assignment, speaking from the United States’ southern border.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 6:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal’s Editor-in-Chief Donna King hosts a recap of the week’s legislative news with journalists and state policy experts.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 12:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, assesses the vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s first veto of 2023.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the Medical Freedom Act dealing with COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 8:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Stephanie Brinson is an advanced practice registered nurse seeing thousands of patients a year, along with five other APRNs, in a Garner practice open seven days week.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses legislative votes to expand Medicaid in North Carolina. King offered these comments during the March 17, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 7:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Bureau of Investigation investigates crimes including drug trafficking, arson, embezzlement, and election law violations.
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 8:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s last State of the State address. King offered these comments during the March 10, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 5:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses this week’s announcement that N.C. House and Senate leaders have reached an agreement on Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 5:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Fayetteville’s Dr. Dickson Schaefer is working as hard as he can, but his Cumberland County waiting room keeps filling back up.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 9:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After months of complaints from the public over poor customer service, the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Wayne Goodwin says that the state’s DMV is going to test installing kiosks in grocery stores and other places around the state
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 8:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In Tuesday night’s State of The Union speech, President Joe Biden focused his comments on a theme to “finish the job,” proposing new taxpayer-paid benefits, focusing on the more than 20,000 projects related to the infrastructure bill, and highlighting climate policy in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 11:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the debate over funding the Leandro education spending plan in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 1:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses top leaders of the N.C. General Assembly for 2023-24.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 1:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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