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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Bill provides 25-year window for civil action to be brought by impacted minors.
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 10:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the North Carolina Senate passed House Bill 750 (H.B. 750), a bill that prohibits the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria from being a factor in state investment decisions, by a vote of 29-18.
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 8:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two distinct but almost textually identical bills banning ESG investment criteria have passed their respective legislative bodies, signaling the strong possibility that either bill becomes law.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 7:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Delta Dental to reorganize and create a holding company that could transfer billions in surplus policyholder money passed in the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Atom Power will invest $4.2 million in Huntersville
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 7:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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All families in North Carolina would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship Program under a bill that moved through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 11:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Biology versus politics debated by state legislators as female athletes prepare to testify in Wednesday's second day of meetings.
Published: Monday, May 22nd, 2023 @ 12:20 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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On Wednesday, N.C. Senate Republicans held a press conference introducing the Parents’ Bill of Rights. which they say would give parents more control over the direction of their child’s education and require more transparency in public schools.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 8:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A leading N.C. gun-rights group is demanding disciplinary action against a Democratic state senator from Mecklenburg County. The group claims Sen. Natasha Marcus made "false claims" during debate about a recently vetoed pistol-permit repeal bill.
Published: Friday, October 15th, 2021 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a measure that would keep charitable donors' personal information private.
Published: Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Senator Natasha Marcus, D-Mecklenburg, has been spreading falsehoods about N.C.’s donor privacy bill.
Published: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vote sets up a potential compromise version with the House
Published: Sunday, May 9th, 2021 @ 10:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to curtail a governor’s power during a state emergency has easily passed a Senate Judiciary Committee.
Published: Sunday, April 25th, 2021 @ 1:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are pushing forward two election-reform bills designed to shore up voting integrity following the 2020 general election debacle that included numerous accusations of fraud.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 10:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic politicians and left-leaning political groups have put on full battle array and are ready to launch a cacophonous assault on President Donald Trump’s United States Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 @ 2:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper late in the afternoon of Friday, June 5, vetoed a bill that would have reopened private bars and clubs, as well as expanded outdoor seating in restaurants and brewpubs.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 3:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill reopening gyms and bars and expanding seating in restaurants has cleared the General Assembly.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2020 @ 7:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate plans to vote Tuesday, June 9, on legislation that would reopen gyms, bars, and expand in-person dining at restaurants.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 3:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans on Tuesday, June 2, amended a bill to tighten oversight of absentee ballots and address possible voter fraud in the Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 @ 7:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to reopen private bars and clubs, as well as expanding outdoor seating in restaurants and brewpubs, is awaiting a decision from the governor.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 9:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrats Start with Strong Chance to Make Further Gains, GOP Likely, to retain Majority
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Senate approved a plan to return millions in surplus tax revenue to taxpayers, despite complaints from some Democratic lawmakers who wanted to use the money for education or infrastructure.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 4:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday, May 8, sparred over a pair of school choice bills that would expand eligibility for private school vouchers and lift the enrollment cap on virtual charter schools.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh Charter High School is one of the top schools in the country, but it’s not what one would call a typical public school.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic lawmakers are looking to change school performance grades by providing separate marks for achievement and growth
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wednesday, January 9, 2019 one-day session featured the swearing in of all legislators who had not already taken their oaths in local ceremonies.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 9:27 pm
By: S. Henri McClees
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Natasha Marcus of Davidson hopes to help fellow Democrats break the Republicans' supermajority hold in the N.C. Senate, but to do so she has to foil incumbent Republican Jeffrey Tarte's bid for a fourth term in Senate District 41
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican state Senate candidates spent 21 percent more than Democrats heading into the May 8 primary and have more than twice as much cash on hand for the Nov. 6 general election
Published: Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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