On Monday, the state Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee passed S.B. 757, which could become the lines for North Carolina’s fourteen U.S. Congressional districts.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry has served as interim speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives since Oct. 3 after former speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, was ousted.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 8:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case involving a property-rights dispute over a sewer line in Apex. The town requested a review from the high court in June 2021.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 3:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is criticizing Superior Court judges for not holding an immediate hearing on his request to block new state appointments laws.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel has rejected Gov. Roy Cooper's proposed injunction against recent action from the state Environmental Management Commission.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 1:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Political commentator Tucker Carlson pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview this week to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from prison so he can return to the U.S.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 1:15 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Oct. 19, Duke University administrators painted over a pro-Palestinian phrase inscribed on the East Campus bridge.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 12:23 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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This week on “The Debrief”:
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 6:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As alternative media personality and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his return to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), members of the mainstream media across the country voiced their displeasure at the thought of having more competition in the misinformation industry.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 5:53 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Triangle Business Journal (TBJ) has named State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation a recipient of its 2023 Corporate Philanthropy Award.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 10:04 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Candidates, former candidates, and grassroots activists converged on the Hal Marshall Annex building in Uptown Charlotte during the first day of in-person early voting in Mecklenburg County’s municipal elections on October 19.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 9:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court will take another look at a 29-year-old court case dealing with state education funding.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 12:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court will not take up a case involving Winston-Salem State University's 2019 decision to fire its football coach. A unanimous state Appeals Court had ruled against former coach Kienus Boulware.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 6:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme will not issue an order blocking its own March 2022 decision in a legal fight over government retiree health benefits. That decision allowed retirees to pursue a lawsuit to restore a discarded premium-free health care option.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 4:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A tree from North Carolina will once again grace the Blue Room at the White House this Christmas. Cline Church Nursery, Fleetwood, Ashe County, was selected for the honor.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The retrial on bribery and fraud charges for former top NC political donor Greg Lindberg has been delayed to April or May 2024. It had been scheduled for November.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 8:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Guilford County is considering an additional 1% Prepared Food and Beverage Tax, with the support of Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 12:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Scientists who authored studies say politically-motivated retraction is a result of pro-abortion bias in academia
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 12:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Charles Fain Lehman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor to City Journal, discusses his report, “Who Pays For Reparations? The Immigration Challenge in the Reparations Debate.”
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 4:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a suit brought by parents claiming that a Charlotte-area private school went woke and then expelled students of parents who disagreed.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 3:08 pm
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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An attorney and business owner from Salisbury, Rowan County, has joined the growing list of contenders for the GOP nomination for governor in North Carolina in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd has introduced legislation in Congress that would limit children’s access to problematic social media platforms like TikTok at schools that receive federal broadband funding.
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2024 @ 10:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Election Board held a webinar Wednesday for the media to discuss the changes with the new photo ID requirement when voting.
Published: Saturday, February 17th, 2024 @ 3:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Court of Appeals will tackle a funding fight between Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County over 911 center funding.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 6:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed another lawsuit in state court against North Carolina's top legislative leaders. This one targets a new creating an eight-member state elections board with an even split between Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court judges from Granville, Johnston, and Richmond counties will oversee Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit challenging a law that takes away some of his appointment powers.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 12:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Top legislative leaders filed paperwork Monday to intervene in three federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina election law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new state audit has revealed a troubling trend for student attendance records in six North Carolina school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 10:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A hearing scheduled Nov. 21 at the federal courthouse in Winston-Salem could help determine the course of a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's photo voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican congressional candidates in potentially close races have outperformed their democrat opponents thus far in the third quarter of this year’s election cycle.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 7:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The US Supreme Court will not take up a case involving a challenge to North Carolina's so-called "ag-gag" law.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Court of Appeals will allow two lawsuits to move forward involving school buses that caused damage while delivering meals to students during the COVID pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 9:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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