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State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls' federal First Amendment lawsuit has been reassigned from a judge appointed by former President Barack Obama to a colleague appointed by former President George W. Bush.
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2023 @ 5:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has filed a federal lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission. Earls says the commission is trying to chill her free-speech rights.
Published: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 10:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ 4:44 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 3:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. Revenue Department accuses tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris of misreading state law in a legal dispute over an $8.7 million tax bill. The dispute sits with the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 4:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Attorneys with both the ACLU and Institute for Justice have filed briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight with North Carolina's top health official.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 12:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Unaffiliated voters challenging the partisan makeup of the N.C. State Board of Elections are challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's latest court filing in the case.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 1:30 am
By: Governor's Office
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The three decisions could mark a slowdown in election lawsuits
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 12:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from unaffiliated voters who want to serve on the State Board of Elections.
Published: Saturday, May 13th, 2023 @ 3:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris is taking a dispute over $7.2 million in state tax credits to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 8:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Justice Department and lawyers representing Republican legislative leaders take opposite stances in new Moore v. Harper briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling against a fired Vance County sheriff's deputy.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 11:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders have asked a federal court to dismiss unaffiliated voters' lawsuit challenging the partisan composition of the State Board of Elections.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a portion of North Carolina's 2015 Property Protection Act dealing with undercover "news" operations.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2023 @ 8:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Majority Ruling Could Lead New State Senate and House Maps
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 2:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court can clarify what role state courts may take in the redistricting process
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Top legislative leaders urge U.S. District Judge William Osteen to dismiss a lawsuit from unaffiliated voters. It challenges a state law limiting membership on the State Board of Elections to Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2022 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sometimes simple explanations aren’t enough. That’s certainly the case with a North Carolina lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 7:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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On Monday morning in Greensboro, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles is scheduled to hear initial arguments in N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s effort to have a 91-year-old state law declared unconstitutional.
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 @ 3:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein wants a federal court to declare a 1931 state law unconstitutional.
Published: Monday, July 25th, 2022 @ 7:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs in North Carolina's election redistricting dispute object to the latest request from N.C. lawmakers, who want to dismiss their own state Supreme Court appeal.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 1:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders are giving U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts more reasons to back their request for emergency Supreme Court action on North Carolina’s disputed congressional map.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 8:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Each of the plaintiffs in North Carolina’s legal dispute over election maps is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the fight. So is the N.C. Justice Department.
Published: Saturday, March 5th, 2022 @ 6:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today the RNC, NRCC, and North Carolina GOP filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court to support North Carolina Republicans’ right to draw and uphold their congressional maps.
Published: Friday, March 4th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper announced new appointments and nominations to state boards and commissions today.
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 6:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that he has appointed North Carolina State Representative Darren Jackson to a seat on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Published: Thursday, December 31st, 2020 @ 11:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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Representative Keith Kidwell is pleased to announce that a lawsuit has been filed in North Carolina State Court to force the reopening of Health Clubs, Gyms, Spas, and Karate Dojos.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 8:31 am
By: Keith D Kidwell
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review:
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2020 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that could help scrub election rolls of illegitimate voters, a move which hasn’t gotten through the General Assembly despite several tries, may finally reach the governor.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Democrats held the General Assembly after the 2000 elections, as they had for nearly all of the state’s history.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 @ 10:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina voters have tried for a long time now to enact a common-sense voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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