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The county boards of elections in Guilford and Rockingham counties on Tuesday morning will begin a partial hand recount of ballots in randomly selected precincts in the N.C. Senate District 26 contest between candidates Phil Berger and Sam Page.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2026 @ 6:46 pm
By: ENC NOW
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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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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced on Thursday that he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2024, but kept the door open to a potential run for the White House.
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2023 @ 8:29 am
By: Daily Wire
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Former GOP Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake announced her bid for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, seeking the Republican nomination in 2024.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 8:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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Raleigh, NC – Today, after final Senate approval of the 2023 Appropriations Act, Governor Roy Cooper announced that although he will not sign the budget, he will allow it become law without his signature.
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2023 @ 4:58 am
By: ENC NOW
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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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SB299 Provides Local Government Commission With Tools to Help Ensure Audit Rules Are Followed
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:42 am
By: ENC NOW
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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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The North Carolina House, Senate, and governor have each released their budget proposals for the upcoming biennium
Published: Monday, July 3rd, 2023 @ 8:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override the Governor’s veto of SB 20, the "Care for Women, Children, and Families Act."
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 2:23 am
By: ENC NOW
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On Tuesday, the North Carolina Senate voted to override Governor Roy Cooper's first veto of the new legislative biennium by a vote of 30-19.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 12:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Republicans are pushing West Virginia Governor Jim Justice to challenge Joe Manchin for his Senate seat in 2024, setting up what would be a bruising brawl between two popular politicians, Politico reported.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 7:41 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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On Wednesday, former Vince President Mike Pence made the case for electing Rep. Ted Budd for U.S. Senate in a final-week push before the 2022 midterm elections.
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 5:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic incumbent Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has narrowly defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in the race for Nevada Senate, according to Decision Desk. With 98% of the vote counted, Cortez Masto holds 48.7% of the vote to Laxalt’s 48.2%.
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2022 @ 12:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) supports passage of House Bill 149 – Expanding Access to Healthcare, as passed by the NC Senate on June 2, 2022.
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2022 @ 11:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 which included a number of bipartisan provisions spearheaded by Senator Tillis.
Published: Thursday, December 16th, 2021 @ 1:23 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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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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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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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced he secured multiple priorities in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 to improve the lives of servicemembers and military families.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 10:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
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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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North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson recently announced that he would not run for US Senate in 2022, but his testimony today before the US House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties shows that Congress is a poorer body for his absence.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Former N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday, April 14, plans to announce on his radio show he will immediately enter the race for U.S. Senate in 2022, sources confirm to Carolina Journal.
Published: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 @ 6:12 am
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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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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