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Two political junkies struck up a conversation. Jane, a staunch Republican well known in state politics, told me she had enjoyed watching NC SPIN on television for many years. “I liked the way you had people expressing different opinions without getting ugly or disagreeable,” she said.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2025 @ 8:34 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The GOP-led House screeched to a halt on Wednesday one day after lawmakers passed a bipartisan stopgap measure to avert a government shutdown.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 12:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The race for House Speaker is a wide open question more than two weeks after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was booted from the role.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 8:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) lost a second ballot for House speaker, getting one less vote than he did in the first round.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 2:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Democrats are ready to formalize talks about putting together a bipartisan coalition to elect a new speaker, according to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 6:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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The GOP-led House opted not to hold any more votes on Tuesday after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to win the speakership in the first and only ballot of the day.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 12:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to garner enough support to become the next speaker of the GOP-led House in the first round of voting on Tuesday.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 12:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Moore v. Harper, 6-3, that state courts can review congressional election maps drawn by legislatures. The ruling affirms a 2022 decision by North Carolina's Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is upset that North Carolina House Republicans might amend a rule regarding overriding governor vetoes.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 4:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After two votes Thursday, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was no closer to winning the speaker’s gavel, but the Republicans who oppose him split up three ways.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 11:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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Multiple votes for House speaker ended with no winner Tuesday, leaving House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) latest attempt to take the gavel in doubt as night fell in the nation’s capital.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 10:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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State Sen. Brent Jackson and Rep. Tim Moffitt earn the top marks in the latest legislative ratings from the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation.
Published: Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 @ 2:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Things are quiet this week on Jones Street in Raleigh, even as work on a state budget plan, which the governor may or may not sign, looms in the legislature.
Published: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 @ 6:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, May 15, 2020, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) voted against H. Res. 965 and H.R. 6800.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2020 @ 10:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Republicans and Democrats should hold onto their money until they know the Democratic nominee for president, Anna Beavon Gravely, executive director of N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation, said during a post-primary briefing.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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: Saturday, December 21st, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) issued the following statement after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the House of Representative will move forward with Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2019 @ 8:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here’s a look at a few items which may not have attracted big headlines over the final 48 hours of a hectic week on Jones Street
Published: Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly lags behind most other states as one of seven state governments that doesn't offer video of any legislative sessions or committees
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 7:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Longtime fans of pro basketball remember the "Jordan rules." The term described a strategy designed to limit the game's most powerful player
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 @ 6:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The public is in a surly mood. According to a January poll by Gallup, only 38 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with how well “the U.S. system of government works.”
Published: Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 @ 1:48 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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Republicans consistently support issues vital to business and industry, while Democrats’ actions show lower enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, a survey of General Assembly members concluded
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 7:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the NCGOP is filing a complaint against Governor Roy Cooper and calling for a thorough campaign finance and ethics investigation
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Republican-sponsored bill in the General Assembly could allow the first ever municipal sales taxes in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The halfway mark of this event-filled year is a good time to reflect on the first six months in North Carolina. We would say the year's theme to date has been protest
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 @ 3:38 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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It looks like my prediction that running for the US Senate would shove leadership of the state House into a distant second place is panning out.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In an interview, Tillis said the two chambers need to breach a "philosophical" divide - one that may take days, if not longer, to reconcile.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 10:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is spearheading a weekly series of protests called "Moral Mondays" directed against Republican-supported legislation...
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Don't look now, but North Carolina seems to have survived a significant reduction in the duration of the state's legislative sessions.
Published: Friday, August 17th, 2012 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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