On Tuesday, following seven votes on other bills, the North Carolina House introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas for the terrorist attacks and vowing to support Israel.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 11:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Hispanic community in North Carolina has surged in the last decade, and so has its influence within the state.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) officially appointed three new members, who will serve four-year terms, and selected a new chairman.
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a meeting scheduled for Wednesday at noon, the State Board of Elections is expected to swear in three new members for four-year terms and elect a chairman.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 5:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County held a press conference Wednesday to announce her party affiliation change from Democrat to Republican.
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2023 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday morning, Republican leaders announced that Rep. Tricia Cotham, a longtime Democrat from Mecklenburg County, is joining the North Carolina Republican Party.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A complaint filed with the N.C. State Board of Elections alleges that Republican state Senate candidate E.C. Sykes does not live in the district where he is running for office, as required by state law.
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 9:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As early voting began on Oct. 20, both major parties in North Carolina are ramping up their last-minute voter-outreach efforts.
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2022 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A national Republican group is urging the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reject Democrats' request to keep the Green Party off the N.C. ballot.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 8:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal Appeals Court will not block the N.C. Green Party from appearing on the general election ballot.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 10:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and related plaintiffs are appealing a ruling against them this week in U.S. District Court.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has rejected Democratic groups' request that he block — or stay — his Aug. 5 order placing Green Party candidates on the N.C. election ballot.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 3:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Green Party accuses Democratic groups of "distortions" and "misrepresentations" in an effort to block Greens from the N.C. election ballot.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Green Party and N.C. State Board of Elections have not reached a deal on resolving the Greens' federal lawsuit against the board.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 7:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the July 14 lawsuit filed by the N.C. Green Party against the N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE), the NCGP pointed to identical language used in public records requests by an Elias Law Group attorney, Elizabeth Poston; and Amelia Brown, an alleged legal intern for Gov. Roy Cooper, as evidence
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 8:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Green Party’s recent problems gaining access to North Carolina’s election ballot raise concerns from another political group that has had to work to win a ballot spot.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Green Party had its petition to be recognized as an official party in state elections denied, in a 3-2 party-line vote, at the N.C. State Board of Elections on June 30.
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2022 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"Given the troubling rise in direct acts of anti-semitism against many North Carolina synagogues, we consider these resolutions to be potentially dangerous.” N.C. Jewish Clergy Association.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 1:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite not appearing on the ballot in 2022, North Carolina’s first black lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, has been the focus of a week’s worth of negative stories from the mainstream press.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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NC's disorganized and confusing criminal code creates havoc for some people encountering the system
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 6:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The News & Observer reported today that former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Cheri Beasley will likely be running for the Richard Burr’s Senate seat.
Published: Thursday, March 25th, 2021 @ 9:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. General Assembly on Monday, March 1, tried but failed — by one vote, 29-20 — to override the governor’s veto of a bill to reopen schools.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In public and behind the scenes, there’s a lot of movement on both sides of the aisle as candidates prepare to enter the race to succeed retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, setting up competitive primaries and a general election race in 2022.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 @ 12:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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More than 4 million North Carolinans are missing from the 2020 census. Major media reports have emphasized a low census count could put billions in federal dollars at risk.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2020 @ 11:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Traditional public school wasn’t working for Charlonda Brown’s two sons.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 9:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last Friday, WXII broke the news that Democrat J.D. Wooten, running for NC Senate District 24 in Alamance and Guilford counties, used a VA home loan program to buy a rental property.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an apparent attempt to answer concerns about a controversial home loan, Democrat J.D. Wooten may have raised questions about where he lived when he filed documents to run in state Senate District 24.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 @ 4:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review
Published: Monday, March 9th, 2020 @ 6:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Vice President Joe Biden rode a big win in South Carolina to a primary surge, highlighted by an outstanding showing during Super Tuesday, a day in which he won Democratic primaries in neighboring North Carolina and Virginia.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 10:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to lead the Democratic presidential field, his extreme positions are continually exposed.
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 5:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review:
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 2:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review:
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 1:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court might offer voters more clues in the months ahead that will help them make choices in the 2020 elections.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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