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candidates will run under the new lines approved by the legislature
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2026 @ 8:59 pm
By: John Steed
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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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Though North Carolina passed its newest budget last week, the legislature will still be busy this week.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Gavin Newsom has called on the California state legislature to pass yet another minimum wage increase so that citizens can afford the products that have been made more expensive due to the previous minimum wage increase, sources confirmed Thursday.
Published: Monday, December 25th, 2023 @ 3:23 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The new redistricted congressional and legislative maps passed by our legislature are not surprising to those who have followed this hyper partisan General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 1:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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This week on the Debrief, conflict over a new elections bill, and the legislature looks to roll back more executive appointment powers.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new bill, SB 512, introduced this week would grant the legislature more authority over appointments for state boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local boards of education are becoming ever-frustrated with a North Carolina law that puts restrictions on the start and end dates for the school year.
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2023 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new bill introduced in the Texas state legislature would legally include a child in the womb as a second person in high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 12:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed Todd Ishee to lead the newly created Department of Adult Correction. The Department was formed as a stand alone Cabinet Agency in the 2021-2023 budget that was passed by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor in November of last year.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 12:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A new Civitas poll shows that Republican candidates running for U.S. Congress and the state legislature in North Carolina are in good shape heading into the 2022 midterm election.
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last month, the Raleigh News & Observer laid out a series of articles questioning conservative leadership at the University of North Carolina System and General Assembly.
Published: Saturday, March 12th, 2022 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RINOs line up with energy bandits to adopt California style policies on energy
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @ 9:08 am
By: John Steed
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Recent op-eds and editorials from the News & Observer have lambasted the state legislature’s plan to use a budget surplus to cut taxes.
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 7:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate is now considering the House's bill that would require open access to lessons plans and instructional material being taught in public schools.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ohio state Rep. Mike Loychik (R) introduced a new bill this week to rename Mosquito Lake State Park after former President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Published: Thursday, March 18th, 2021 @ 6:25 pm
By: LifeZette
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As North Carolina prepares to celebrate National School Choice Week Jan. 24-30, the cause of educational freedom could see even more advancement during the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2021-2022 session.
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 7:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate Committee on Commerce and Insurance on Tuesday, May 26, approved duplicate amendments to a pair of bills revising state alcohol laws as they apply to outdoor seating in restaurants.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 12:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After 1,717 bills, nine vetoes and 186 new laws with the prospect of even more over the next few days, the legislature finally adjourned and ended one of the longest legislative sessions in recent history.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s state government entered its 2019-20 fiscal year on July 1 without a new state budget in place. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led legislature haven’t agreed to one, yet.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 9:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he won’t sign a new state budget unless the North Carolina General Assembly says yes to Medicaid expansion. The Republican-majority legislature has said no to Medicaid expansion. So far, now weeks into the new fiscal year, neither side has budged.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2019 @ 6:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In California, it's also a time to take stock of which new laws from the Democrat-controlled Legislature will make our lives just a little (or a lot) more frustrating.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 4:34 am
By: Daily Wire
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While making calls for consensus, and saying “now is not the time to point fingers,” Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper renewed his challenge to the GOP-dominated legislature to repeal House Bill 2 and expand Medicaid during a Saturday morning inaugural address
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's current method for funding public schools favors wealthy counties over low-income areas, according to a new study from the state legislature's Program Evaluation Division
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to a front-page story in today's News & Observer, Deborah Ross frequently touts the votes she took in support of historical preservation tax credits during her career in the legislature.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 5:32 am
By: jonah
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According to a front-page story in today's News & Observer, Deborah Ross frequently touts the votes she took in support of historical preservation tax credits during her career in the legislature.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: jonah
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Last week's newsletter highlighted the fiscal impact on North Carolina if the legislature agreed to opt for Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. This week, I'll touch on three critical human costs...
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 4:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Civitas Poll of registered, unaffiliated North Carolina voters shows that an overwhelming majority of North Carolina Unaffiliated voters support an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution which would require a vote of two-thirds majority of both houses of the state legislature to...
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 3:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week, the News & Observer published an op-ed by Angela Scioli, a history teacher at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh and founder of Red4EdNC. The piece took aim at the Republican-led legislature for "no longer investing in our students." One of her main points was that things were so muc
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans have been quick to claim their tax reform agenda eliminated many unfair tax loopholes and carve-outs for special interests in North Carolina, but there are strong signals that tax-fueled incentives could return in the upcoming session.
Published: Saturday, January 24th, 2015 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory is calling for a scholarship program that will give newly separated veterans the equivalency of in-state tuition at the state's University of North Carolina institutions. In April, the governor said he will ask the Legislature for in-state tuition at the state's 58 community...
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2014 @ 12:47 am
By: Chris Downey
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You've heard it from the Left. You've heard it from the press and on TV. It's all over the Internet. The Voter Suppression Act. Disenfranchised voters. One of the nation's most restrictive voter ID laws. Sweeping. Controversial. Restrictive. Fiercely contested. Assault on democracy.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 28 the liberal and uninformed Washington Daily News did an article implying the Republican majority in the Legislature was doing things behind the public's back.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 @ 12:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The meeting of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on August 9 will be a milestone. Sixteen new members of the UNC Board of Governors will take office - and for the first time in North Carolina history, all voting members have been selected by a Republican legislature (the first 16 w
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 2:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and political commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing new Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature. While occasionally goading their targets into making unwise comments, the obstructionists have...
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As should be obvious by now, North Carolina is undergoing dramatic change in 2013. A new Republican governor and legislature are pursuing new approaches to...
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 4:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that state legislators have returned to work, one of their most important jobs is to approve a new state budget by July 1.
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Newly elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the newly reelected Republican legislature may have an ambitious agenda for dramatically cutting taxes or adding new programs to the state budget.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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