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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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RALEIGH: As legislative Republicans in North Carolina continue their all-out assault on the right to vote, Governor Roy Cooper wrote an opinion piece for CNN condemning these dangerous bills and urging people to make their voices heard.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 6:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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Yesterday afternoon, not even 48 hours after announcing their intent to pass an extreme abortion ban, legislative Republicans approved sweeping legislation that bypassed the standard committee process and any meaningful input from medical experts or the public.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 8:01 am
By: ENC NOW
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On Tuesday, legislative Democrats held a press conference introducing “The Parents’ and Students’ Bill of Rights.” The Democrats’ bill was filed after Republicans filed the Parents’ Bill of Rights, scheduled to be considered on the N.C. Senate floor Tuesday afternoon.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 11:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the N.C. House of Representatives took the oath of office Wednesday, opening the long legislative session for 2023. Republicans have two more seats in the chamber this session
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Top legislative leaders urge U.S. District Judge William Osteen to dismiss a lawsuit from unaffiliated voters. It challenges a state law limiting membership on the State Board of Elections to Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2022 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders want the full 15-member Appeals Court, with 10 Republicans and five Democrats, to reconsider a 2-1 split ruling on felon voting.
Published: Friday, May 6th, 2022 @ 1:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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New legislative election maps would give Republicans an advantage in the 2022 elections.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2021 @ 12:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Every North Carolinian who pays personal income tax would see a lower rate, under a proposal from legislative Republicans.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 1:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A list of COVID-19 recommendations from the State Board of Elections is apt to hit a nerve with legislative Republicans.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 4:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As legislative Republicans refuse to compromise with Governor Roy Cooper, another week has passed without a raise for North Carolina teachers.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 11:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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Legislative Republicans headed home last week without passing a budget or teacher pay raises and don’t plan to return until September 30th.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 3:40 am
By: Governor's Office
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It’s been 30 days since Governor Cooper and Democratic Leaders proposed a detailed budget compromise.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 9:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Instead of responding or making a counteroffer of any sort, legislative leaders have pointed fingers, made allegations and tried to bribe legislators to override the Governor’s veto so they could avoid negotiating.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 12:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Cooper's spokesman Ford Porter released the following statement on legislative Republicans' plan to shortchange school safety and youth mental health needs in North Carolina schools
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 2:39 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Ford Porter, spokesperson for Governor Cooper, released the following statement today on legislative Republicans ACP hypocrisy
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2018 @ 7:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Legislative Republicans and Democrats bristled at excuses Department of Health and Human Services officials gave Tuesday over their failure to create a mandated watchdog program
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 4:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today urged legislative Republicans to provide funding for smaller class sizes to phase in the currently unfunded mandate when they convene in Raleigh next week
Published: Monday, January 8th, 2018 @ 1:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Legislative Republicans vowed to offer changes in the way North Carolinians select judges
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2017 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers won't consider race when they redraw legislative maps to meet a Sept. 1 federal court deadline
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 9:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ford Porter, Governor Cooper's spokesman, released the following statement on legislative Republicans' decision to drop their lawsuit preventing Medicaid expansion
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 11:12 am
By: Governor's Office
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Legislative Republicans wasted little time Thursday dispatching Gov. Roy Cooper's call for an extra session to draw new legislative districts
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2017 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative redistricting reform proponents on the Left have become more vocal since Republicans took control of the legislature in 2010
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2017 @ 9:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Cooper publicly called on Speaker Moore and legislative Republicans to return to the negotiating table and work to repeal House Bill 2.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 @ 12:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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As legislative Republicans return to Raleigh, additional tax reforms will be on their agenda
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Attorneys close to legislative Republicans told Carolina Journal special legislative elections in 2017 "are almost certainly off the table."
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 @ 9:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As legislative Republicans abruptly called themselves into yet another special session on Wednesday, stunned House Democrats stood in protest
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 11:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Regardless of one's opinion on HB 2, it cannot overshadow or remotely counteract what North Carolina has done legislatively over the last five years to become one of the most attractive places in the country to do business, invest, live, raise a family, and retire. Since Republicans took control...
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 11:59 pm
By: Chris Downey
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This year's legislative session turned out to be an ideological struggle, not between Republicans and Democrats, but between two factions within the Republican Party. (The factions exist outside the GOP as well, but Republicans control the governor's office and hold supermajorities to make...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 5:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans are highly unlikely to lose majority control of either legislative chamber in the 2016 General Assembly elections, and the state treasurer's seat is expected to be a hotly contested race that Republicans are hoping to flip into their corner, political analysts from each major party say
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 @ 10:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This year's legislative session turned out to be an ideological struggle, not between Republicans and Democrats but between two factions within the Republican Party. This tension goes to the heart of one's belief in free markets as the most moral and efficient way to organize economic activity...
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina’s legislative session draws to a close and we enter the last quarter of the 2014 campaign, Democrats are hoping it will be a rerun of 1998. Republicans are hoping that it will be a rerun of 2010.
Published: Monday, August 4th, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few state-level legislative sessions have garnered as much attention as North Carolina's did his year, as evidenced by the "Moral Monday" protests and a condescending New York Times editorial. For the first time since Reconstruction, Republicans controlled all branches of government, and...
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Democrats' last minute sweetheart deal to hand over Dix hospital property to the city of Raleigh is collapsing, and boys are those lefties upset.
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 9:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The 2012 North Carolina legislative short session has come to a close, concluding the first biennium in over 100 years that both chambers of the General Assembly were controlled by Republicans.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 6:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2012 North Carolina legislative short session has come to a close, concluding the first biennium in over 100 years that both chambers of the General Assembly were controlled by Republicans.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 8:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The just-completed legislative short session closes out the first biennium in nearly 100 years that Republicans comprised majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 7:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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