The State Board of Elections and local district attorneys argue that a recent change in North Carolina election should prompt a federal court to throw out a lawsuit from felon voting advocates.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2024 @ 5:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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What would happen if, just before the tip-off to a basketball game, the referees announced that they were awarding one of the teams a 15-point lead at the beginning of the game?
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 6:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Legislators disagreed during North Carolina’s recent round of redistricting on whether the General Assembly had to conduct a racially polarized voting analysis.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2024 @ 10:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Felon voting advocates argue in a new court filing that North Carolina's new election law should have no impact on their federal lawsuit.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2024 @ 3:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon's legal fight against North Carolina's certificate-of-need restrictions on healthcare providers.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Home Builders Association is asking Superior Court judges to reject Gov. Roy Cooper's request for an injunction against new laws dealing with appointments to government boards.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sometimes there are legitimate non-political reasons for districts to have funny shapes.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's felon voting rules heads back to court on Nov. 14, one week after Election Day.
Published: Thursday, February 29th, 2024 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two federal lawsuits challenged North Carolina's new elections law on the same day legislators enacted the law over Gov. Roy Cooper's veto.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 11:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state retirement system and top legislative leaders are asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to dismiss the Wilson County school board's appeal in a pension-spiking dispute.
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2024 @ 11:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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US District Judge Loretta Biggs will not expedite a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's restrictions on felon voting.
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislators added a provision to the state budget that would make them functionally exempt from public records law
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2024 @ 8:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Gaston County school board is appealing the state Court of Appeals' Sept. 12 ruling upholding North Carolina's SAFE Child Act as constitutional.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 12:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Wilson County school board is asking the state Supreme Court to review a $400,000 penalty linked to the state's law against pension spiking.
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2023 @ 11:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal court has scheduled a telephone conference Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's restrictions on felon voting.
Published: Monday, December 25th, 2023 @ 1:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Republican appointed to North Carolina's new eight-member state elections board wants to intervene in Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit against the board.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On her last day as a state Court of Appeals judge, Allison Riggs voted with the majority in three cases upholding the 2019 SAFE Child Act as constitutional.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper's named could be dropped from the list of defendants in a federal lawsuit linked to a 2020 arrest at a COVID protest.
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections and local district attorneys object to a requested hearing in a federal lawsuit dealing with felon voting.
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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US District Judge Loretta Biggs has set a Thursday deadline for defendants' responses to a request to speed up a federal felon voting lawsuit.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a New Bern eye surgeon's legal challenge against North Carolina's certificate-of-need law.
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Felon voting advocates in North Carolina seek a hearing before US District Judge Loretta Biggs and an expedited schedule for their federal lawsuit.
Published: Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 @ 12:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Cooper filed a lawsuit against Republican legislative leaders in Wake County Superior Court, challenging provisions in Senate Bill 512 that clearly violate the separation of powers established in the North Carolina Constitution.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 2:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The NC Court of Appeals ruling this week against Wilson County schools in a pension-spiking dispute could affect outstanding cases in Harnett and Union counties.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 8:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Wilson County Board of Education owes more than $400,000 to help fund a former assistant superintendent's retirement benefits, based on a ruling Tuesday from the state Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 8:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law backs plaintiffs challenging the funding arrangement of Greenville's now-dismantled red-light camera enforcement program.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 1:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper appointed North Carolina Appeals Court Judge Allison Riggs to the state Supreme Court to serve the remaining term of Justice Michael Morgan, who retired from the court this month and announced that he would run for the Democratic nomination for Governor.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A five-year-old lawsuit challenging North Carolina's voter ID and tax cap state constitutional amendments will head to a three-judge panel.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 12:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers representing the NC State Board of Elections and local district attorneys urge a federal judge to reject a request from critics of state felon voting restrictions.
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 10:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Constitutional amendment seeking similar changes to Elections Board overwhelmingly rejected by voters in 2018
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 11:34 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A Guilford County mother is asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to revive her lawsuit against the Guilford school board and Old North State Medical Society. She blames the defendants for the forced COVID vaccination of her teenage son.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Cooper now has 13 vetoes this session. Eight have been overridden by the legislature. Two more are scheduled for override votes on Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 6:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An election reform bill that has cleared the N.C. Senate could have a major impact on a federal lawsuit dealing with felon voting.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 12:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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