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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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Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page takes the lead
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2025 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Steed
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Sens. Ted Budd, R-NC, and Thom TIllis, R-NC. signed on to a letter Wednesday, along with 11 other senators, to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, urging him to keep the U.S. Senate in session until all 12 appropriations bills have been debated and passed by the Senate.
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 11:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A total of seven laws enacted during the 2023 General Assembly session took effect on July 1st.
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 12:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Major charter school legislation moved a step closer to reality on Wednesday as the Senate Education committee approved HB 618 by a party-line voice vote.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 8:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two distinct Senate bills SB 636 and SB 574, if passed, could nullify a recent policy change to let high school students enter into “name, image, likeness,” or NIL, contracts before the new policy goes into effect July 1st.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed four bills into law:
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 7:02 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Wednesday, for the first time since 2018, the North Carolina House successfully voted to override a Governor Cooper veto on Senate Bill 41. The bill will now become law.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 8:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The “NC Compassionate Care Act,” a bill that would make medical marijuana legal in North Carolina, cleared the state Senate Tuesday by a vote of 36 to 10. It will be before the chamber again on Wednesday for a third and final vote.
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2023 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At a forum hosted by the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance on Jan. 9, House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger discussed a host of issues leading up to the 2023 legislative session, which began on Jan. 11.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic incumbent Senator Mark Kelly has been declared the winner of the Arizona Senate race, according to Decision Desk, besting Republican candidate Blake Masters, 51.78% to 46.1%.
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2022 @ 9:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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This news release from N.C. Senate Republicans arrived this morning in my in box.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, has moved his permanent residence from Richmond County to his second home in the Pinehurst area of Moore County to run for the newly-drawn state Senate District 21, which will include all of GOP-rich Moore County, and much of Cumberland County.
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 10:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to block an automatic tax increase on employers. Senate Bill 311 would maintain the state’s current tax for funding unemployment insurance.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 8:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to establish a “regulatory sandbox” by waiving certain obstacles for a trial period for fast-emerging financial and insurance products and services is one step closer to becoming law. It cleared the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee on Tuesday, Sep. 21.
Published: Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On July 21, 2021, the North Carolina Legislature voted in final approval of Senate Bill 146, sending the legislation to Governor Cooper’s desk to be signed into law.
Published: Saturday, August 14th, 2021 @ 4:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Tuesday, the N.C. Senate Education Committee presented a bill that would effectively end the High School Athletic Association’s role in supervising high school athletics, a role the organization has held since 1913.
Published: Friday, July 30th, 2021 @ 10:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After some delay, North Carolina Senate leadership released their 2021-22 spending plan yesterday
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The governor has leveraged the language of the N.C. Emergency Management Act to indefinitely and unilaterally issue majorly disruptive edicts.
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate rolled out a budget proposal this week that would expand school choice across the state while raising teacher pay and seeking to remedy student learning losses due to closed classrooms because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, July 1st, 2021 @ 7:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation would increase voting access, ban private election funding, and set election day absentee ballot deadline
Published: Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 @ 1:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Unemployed people who get a job would receive a one-time bonus of $1,500 under legislation spearheaded by Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Thursday, June 3, voted not to confirm Dionne Delli-Gatti to lead the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality.
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 10:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Personal income tax rates would be slashed and the corporate tax rate entirely eliminated by 2028 under a proposal rolled out on Tuesday, May 25, by N.C. Senate Republicans.
Published: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Polling trends along with changing demographics of the electorate are key to 2022
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 10:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Over the weekend, a reporter asked me to comment on Senate Bill 493.
Published: Monday, May 3rd, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislation to expand school choice in North Carolina is on the move in both chambers of the General Assembly, after both the N.C. Senate Education Committee and Rules Committee OK’ed a measure to increase the dollar value of Opportunity Scholarships and open them to more families.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 6:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Just one day after Congressman Ted Budd announced he would in fact run for the U.S. Senate, the soon-to-be-open 13th Congressional District already has Republican candidates eyeing the GOP-leaning seat.
Published: Saturday, May 1st, 2021 @ 6:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A measure that would require a healthcare facility to notify patients of any out-of-network care they receive is moving through the Senate.
Published: Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 9:45 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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Families at the lower end of the income scale could end up among the biggest winners if lawmakers adopt the N.C. Senate’s latest tax package.
Published: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 @ 7:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Senate has passed a new version of a bill that would require N.C. sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a similar effort.
Published: Sunday, March 21st, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a rare instance of bipartisan agreement, Cooper joined with both Republican and Democratic leaders in the N.C. House and Senate at a news conference Wednesday, March 10, to unveil a new school reopening plan for the entire state.
Published: Sunday, March 14th, 2021 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The two U.S. Senate elections in Georgia are over, and now the overall national election results are known.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2021 @ 8:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House.
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2021 @ 8:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sen. Kathy Harrington, R-Gaston, doesn’t seem impressed at becoming the first female majority leader of the N.C. Senate.
Published: Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will deliver an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2021 @ 8:18 am
By: Daily Wire
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Can they or can't they?
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 @ 9:01 am
By: LifeZette
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Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat, announced Saturday on Twitter that she will fill a seat in the N.C. Senate vacated by Sam Searcy, who resigned.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 12:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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