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Missouri Governor Mike Parson reformed state election laws on Wednesday by banning mail-in ballots and requiring all registered voters to show a photo ID in order to cast a ballot.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 10:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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Hemp is cannabis that has less than 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2022 @ 11:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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“The right to live includes the right to work.” That simple statement opens the text of a state law that has helped boost North Carolina’s economic competitiveness for nearly 75 years.
Published: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina lags in rankings for health care and inclusion, highlighting the need to close the coverage gap
Published: Saturday, July 31st, 2021 @ 9:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Florida’s second-most populous county is the state’s first to offer illegal immigrants identification cards so they can obtain taxpayer-funded services, including COVID-19 vaccines.
Published: Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 @ 12:00 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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Kerry Picket writes for the Washington Examiner about the continuing popularity of voter identification.
Published: Sunday, April 11th, 2021 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers are trying again to eliminate the use of hand-held cellphones by operators of motor vehicles.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Nobody runs for Governor hoping he or she will be confronted with a major disaster while in office. At least we hope not.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2021 @ 1:09 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina has safeguards for voting by mail that other states lack.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 12:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s been five years in the making, and it’s almost free from the budget stalemate.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that could help scrub election rolls of illegitimate voters, a move which hasn’t gotten through the General Assembly despite several tries, may finally reach the governor.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The legal landscape for a major health insurance reform shifted dramatically Thursday with a decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 10:01 pm
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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North Carolina voters have tried for a long time now to enact a common-sense voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Just seven weeks remain for veto-proof Republican supermajorities in the N.C. General Assembly. That gives GOP lawmakers plenty of time to craft, unveil, and approve new legislation
Published: Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 @ 8:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Listen to complaints from the political left, and you might believe that North Carolina's Republican-led General Assembly spends much of its time carving a dangerous trail through uncharted public policy terrain
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians had much to celebrate over the Independence Day weekend
Published: Friday, July 7th, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's fiscal policy is relatively strong when compared to much of the country
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The way the General Assembly confirms Cabinet appointees, by invoking the Senate's constitutional authority, will mirror methods used in other states
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 10:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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So here we go again: another Presidential Election without real safeguards to protect our votes
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 2:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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With the election just around the corner, there is no shortage of polls willing to tell others what the public thinks. So when a pollster tells you they surveyed State Legislators about what they think on K-12 education, choice-based policies and the profession, it catches your attention
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Plaintiffs in a lawsuit that convinced a panel of federal judges to toss out North Carolina’s legislative redistricting maps want new districts drawn during a special session in January 2017
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 7:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the General Assembly approves State Treasurer Janet Cowell's request for more flexibility in how it invests the state's pension plan, North Carolina's investment in real estate could be among the largest in the nation.
Published: Wednesday, May 18th, 2016 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Guess what! Another budget extension has been passed by the General Assembly. Which means North Carolina is still without a spending plan for the current fiscal year. North Carolina's fiscal year began July 1st, with the state continuing operations under a temporary spending plan.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 3:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Likely North Carolina voters overwhelmingly favor a measure to restrain the growth rate of state spending. According to the April 2011 Civitas Institute poll, 67 percent of respondents support the ideas contained in HB 188 - which would limit the growth rate of the state budget to a formula based...
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 1:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. Chamber is resurrecting an idea to pay for roads that eventually could confront concerns over the growing gap between increasing highway use and dwindling fuel tax revenues.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina students no longer would be required to take final exams under a bill passed by the House 116-2 on Tuesday, with supporters of House Bill 248 saying the tests vary from district-to-district, making it impossible to compare results across district lines.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2015 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While Obamacare continues to flood the health care sector with more taxes and mandates, it's simultaneously driving insurers and health care providers to increase price transparency. Because the law's pricey regulations are either driving employers to push more benefit cost sharing onto employees...
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 4:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kudos to Senate leader Phil Berger for his incisive answer as to whether he would support an independent redistricting commission. According to Gary Robertson of the Associated Press, Berger said...
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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