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like NC Senate is getting new leadership
Published: Monday, March 30th, 2026 @ 8:04 pm
By: John Steed
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NC Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, is asking the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to conduct a hand-eye recount in his race against Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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23 vote Page victory stands
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2026 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Steed
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On Jan. 15, Coca-Cola Consolidated, headquartered in Charlotte, announced a donation of $25 million to fund the join Duke and UNC children’s hospital project, as the North Carolina Senate seeks to secure $103.5 million in state funding as well.
Published: Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 @ 12:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Niqab-Wearing Muslim Woman Who Has Voted Democrat Since at Least 2008
Published: Monday, December 29th, 2025 @ 3:51 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page takes the lead
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2025 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Steed
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North Carolina drivers are turning online to renew their licenses at record levels, as expanded digital access through the Division of Motor Vehicles takes effect.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2025 @ 7:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC General Assembly has wrapped the scheduled October session, but tensions are still running high between the chambers over a Medicaid rebase stalemate and its increasing sticker shock.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2025 @ 5:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina lawmakers met in Raleigh on Monday to review newly proposed congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Published: Friday, October 24th, 2025 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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US Supreme Court is likely to nuke whole issue of racial gerrymandering
Published: Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 @ 1:31 pm
By: John Steed
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Berger is facing party disloyalty charges
Published: Friday, February 14th, 2025 @ 8:03 am
By: John Steed
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similar NC legislation killed by Phil Berger last session in NC Senate
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 @ 8:25 am
By: John Steed
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says Brinson "can be trusted to cut taxes" when Brinson has voted to RAISE taxes instead
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 8:08 pm
By: John Steed
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both sides have outside backers but who are they?
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 10:58 am
By: John Steed
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Undoubtedly, the most calls I receive to my office concern our local roads. Our population has increased substantially. I will readily agree that our transportation infrastructure has not kept pace.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 9:12 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Wednesday, state lawmakers released newly drawn maps for congressional districts and state House and Senate districts.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 2:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Grassroots North Carolina endorses Speciale and others
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 10:10 pm
By: John Steed
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A defamation lawsuit related to a political advertisement in a North Carolina state senate race has been resolved through a settlement.
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2024 @ 9:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Boss Berger is the money behind Bob Brinson and he is turning dirty
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 @ 8:36 pm
By: John Steed
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"Restore NC, Inc" leaves few indicators of who they are or who is behind them
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2024 @ 10:39 am
By: John Steed
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On Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper signed seven bills, vetoed two, and let three become law, including the 2023 Appropriations Act, or the state budget, which passed both chambers on Sept. 22.
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2024 @ 7:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The new fall season in North Carolina is not only ushering in a change in the weather but a possible change in redistricting for the state as well.
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2024 @ 9:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is suing the state’s Judicial Standards Commission to make them end investigations into some of her public statements
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 11:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After months of speculation, it is official: U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop, R-NC8, is running for the Republican nomination for North Carolina attorney general in 2024.
Published: Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new set of laws are set to take effect Tuesday, Aug. 1, in North Carolina. Among them is S.B. 626, Modify Human Trafficking and Rioting Laws, which includes a provision that allows more human-trafficking victims to collect compensation under the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 3:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would streamline the process for approving new charter school applications secured passage in the North Carolina Senate on June 20. The measure now heads back to the House for a concurrence vote, after which it would go to Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 7:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Republican-led North Carolina Senate voted to override four of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, bringing the chamber’s total number of veto overrides this legislative session to all six.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 1:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican legislative leaders defy the grassroots
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Steed
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A bill to create a board for authorizing the creation of new charter schools could soon be up for a vote on the floor of the North Carolina Senate, after passing that chamber’s education committee June 14.
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2023 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that allows the non-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Delta Dental to reorganize and create a holding company for billions in surplus revenue.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 3:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, North Carolina Senate committee members voted to advance a bill legalizing sports betting in the state. It is calendared for the Senate floor session scheduled to gavel in at 9:30 Wednesday morning.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 8:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Saturday, former Congressman Mark Walker entered the 2024 North Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary after months of speculation.
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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