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A watchdog called for the nonprofit status of Fair Fight Action to be revoked.
Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 @ 3:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Arkansas attorney general rejected a ballot measure proposing a constitutional right to abortion on Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2023 @ 3:56 am
By: Daily Wire
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I recently attended a forum discussing the future of elections in North Carolina. During a break, someone commented on my rants about legislative shenanigans, asking my assessment of the current General Assembly. I rambled a bit, but do remember mentioning the terms “historic,” and “power grab.”
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 9:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina boards and commissions appointments and nominations.
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 4:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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Welcome to the second part of this week’s Midterm Exam — complete with tidbits and stories from races around the country. Extensive midterm coverage, and more detailed reports, can be found here.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 10:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo won a lawsuit Tuesday after a state Supreme Court ruled against a now-disbanded ethics agency that attempted to force the ex-governor to repay $5.1 million in profit he received from a book deal detailing his administration’s early response to the COVID outbreak
Published: Saturday, August 27th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Left-wing billionaire and investor George Soros donated $1 million dollars to a PAC supporting the gubernatorial campaign of Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke.
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 4:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed N.C. Department of Public Safety’s Chief Deputy Secretary and Senior Policy Advisor Pamela Brewington Cashwell to lead the Department of Administration as Secretary.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 10:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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J.D. Wooten, Democratic candidate for N.C. Senate District 24, faces an ethics complaint for failing to disclose rental income.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 3:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After two years of baseless political accusations and wasted taxpayer money, Republican conspiracy theories about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline continue to fall flat in the face of undeniable facts.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2019 @ 3:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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University of North Carolina Board Chairman Harry Smith says he never suggested that the interim UNC president should no longer be a candidate for the permanent job.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to twenty one North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2019 @ 8:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Republican Party has submitted a list of four nominees for the new State Board of Elections, from which Gov. Roy Cooper will select two. The N.C. Democratic Party offered its list Thursday afternoon, and one prominent name won't be among its four nominees.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ken Eudy, Gov. Roy Cooper's policy adviser, was the governor's key negotiator with Duke Energy in developing a $57.8 discretionary Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund Duke and its utility partners would pay to Cooper.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2017-18 session of the N.C. General Assembly wrapped up Thursday, setting a record by overriding the 22nd and 23rd vetoes of the biennium
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Except for possible veto override votes, the General Assembly Thursday concluded its business for the biennium in a three-week reconvened session.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 2:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As expected, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the General Assembly's most recent attempt to restructure the state's elections and ethics enforcement agencies. He also vetoed a "technical corrections" measure, rejecting two provisions in the catch-all legislation
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 3:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Panelists debating a proposed constitutional amendment creating a new state elections/ethics board offered starkly different views about the threats to separation of powers
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2018 @ 9:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has found the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement is unconstitutional because it violates the governor's duty to faithfully execute laws, and approved an injunction nullifying it
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 9:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters will decide on six constitutional amendments in the general election, including those involving victims rights, hunting rights, and a photo ID requirement to vote
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2018 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senators voted 32-14 after testy debate on Wednesday, June 27, to pass House Bill 913, which creates a Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Lewis, a Republican recently named to the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, says the eight-member board - set to hold its first meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday - should have more time before recommending its ninth member
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says an ethics complaint filed against him by a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research organization is tainted by election-season politics
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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They are four words among many in the state constitution. But their meaning could invalidate all laws passed in a 2016 special session of the General Assembly if a three-judge Superior Court panel decides they enshrine fundamental right predating the American Revolution
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2018 @ 1:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Institute has filed a state ethics complaint against Gov. Roy Cooper, seeking a ruling and possible investigation into questions of his handling of $57.8 million from a utility coalition building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 @ 2:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lee Lilley did little to assuage Republicans' concerns over a $57.8 million "voluntary" payment to Gov. Roy Cooper's office from companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2018 @ 1:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a 4-3 ruling along party lines, the N.C. Supreme Court on Friday ruled for Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in the lawsuit between the governor and General Assembly leadership over the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Municipal elections came and went, largely without issue. But the newly created Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement remains in limbo, and the potential for complications persist every day the board isn't operating
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 @ 9:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this week, a three-judge state Superior Court panel delivered what may be a body blow to part of Gov. Roy Cooper's goal of reclaiming power from the Republican-dominated General Assembly
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has dismissed the lawsuit between Gov. Roy Cooper and the General Assembly over the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The power struggle between the Republican-led General Assembly and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper resumed Monday in two cases argued in state Supreme Court
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 @ 3:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper is determined to break the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly, and he's trying to raise as much money as possible to do it
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 5:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper is determined to break the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly, and he's trying to raise as much money as possible to do it
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over Democrats’ objections, on Thursday the Republican-controlled House passed Senate Bill 68, merging the state’s ethics and elections boards, along with some lobbying regulations
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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