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Lucrecia Jones “Lou” Barber, age 78, a resident of Williamston, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, June 26, 2026.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2026 @ 7:31 am
By: Announcements
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger has requested a recount in the SD-28 Republican primary against challenger Sheriff Sam Page, after the race ended with one of the narrowest margins in recent North Carolina election history.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2026 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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“She believes running for Congress is Big Business and cares more about special interest money than the people of Eastern North Carolina. That’s why she has earned the name Laurie Sellout.”
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2025 @ 10:00 am
By: ENC NOW
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On Sept 22, exactly one month after the murder of Iryna Zarutska, the North Carolina Senate voted 28-8 to pass Iryna’s Law” (HB 307)
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2025 @ 1:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One month after the murder of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail, the North Carolina General Assembly will return to Raleigh on Monday, Sept. 22, to consider a sweeping package of criminal justice reforms aimed at what Republican leaders describe as “weak-on-crime” policies.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2025 @ 3:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Russel Cook was the most caring, toughest, humble man anyone could meet. Born in Rocky River, Ohio, he moved to North Carolina in 1969 to attend Duke University and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Published: Thursday, May 1st, 2025 @ 7:19 am
By: Announcements
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The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear one of two pending cases involving North Carolina bar owners challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's COVID-related shutdowns in 2020.
Published: Sunday, June 9th, 2024 @ 3:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Cooper today commuted the sentence of one person in a North Carolina prison and granted pardons of forgiveness to four others.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2024 @ 1:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Opponents of North Carolina's voter ID law seek a February trial in their federal court case.
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2024 @ 8:25 pm
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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Forty-one percent of likely general election voters in North Carolina now approve of Gov. Roy Cooper’s job performance, with 45% disapproving, according to the results of the latest Civitas poll.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 1:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Cherie Berry, the longest-serving Labor Commissioner in North Carolina history, has endorsed Luke Farley, R-Wake, for her old job.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 3:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, a 25-year-old detransitioned North Carolina woman filed a lawsuit against those she claims were responsible for convincing her to undergo gender-reassignment medical procedures when she was a minor.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' hearing Thursday about the future of the Mountain Valley Pipeline included one reference to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, October 23rd, 2023 @ 11:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the nation’s oldest and largest insurance companies had its incentives package terminated by the North Carolina Economic Investment Committee Tuesday for failing to add thousands of jobs to its operations center in Charlotte.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Karen L. Smith and L.T. Ward have received the 2023 Larry Wooten Rural Leadership Award, presented by Governor Roy Cooper and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler at an Aug. 9 reception at the North Carolina Executive Mansion.
Published: Monday, September 25th, 2023 @ 11:20 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A federal judge has blocked one section of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect Saturday. The section requires doctors using abortion-inducing drugs to document an "intrauterine pregnancy."
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 @ 2:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Three Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found dead in a car at a Speedway gas station Sunday morning from what authorities say was carbon monoxide poisoning.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 7:59 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Opponents of North Carolina's voter ID law are asking a federal judge to lift a stay that has kept their case in limbo since December 2021.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 5:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Twenty-one states, including three of North Carolina's neighbors, support N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan in a legal fight involving health care requested by transgender patients.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Focused heavily on state legislative candidates, the governor, and attorney general, millions are flowing from one primary abortion provider in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 6:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey spoke out against an N.C. House bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina to create a holding company in which it could move policyholder money.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on our state’s voter ID law on April 28th, the justices only had to answer one narrow question: “[Does the voter ID law] violate the meaningful protections set forth in Article I, Section 19 of the North Carolina Constitution?”
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recognizing the role everyone plays in helping North Carolina’s children reach their untapped potential, Governor Roy Cooper declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 2:36 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Unemployment rates increased in all but one of North Carolina’s 100 counties in January, according to the latest release from the state’s Department of Commerce. These local rates are not seasonally adjusted and are subject to large seasonal patterns.
Published: Friday, March 31st, 2023 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the Pantheon of notable North Carolina public servants none stands so tall as Jim Broyhill. The Broyhill family story is essentially the North Carolina story. Starting from humble beginnings, family members learned to work hard, persevere, be humble and serve others.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2023 @ 8:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The 2022 General Election has come and gone. And while the oft-prophesied national “red wave” failed to materialize, North Carolina Republicans had a successful election season.
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 @ 3:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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C-SPAN has new rankings for the most-talkative members of the U.S. House, and one of North Carolina’s longest tenured representatives has made the top 10 list.
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 @ 11:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dobson will have served 14 consecutive years in three different offices when his term ends in 2024, first as a McDowell County commissioner, then as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and as the Commissioner of Labor.
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2022 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I’ve made it a point to follow the money this election cycle, tracking much of the funding that came into North Carolina to impact our elections.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 2:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Third-quarter finance reports dropped Tuesday, November 2nd, and with them came insight into one of North Carolina’s biggest questions for election day, will Republicans regain supermajorities in the state legislature?
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2022 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina Department of Commerce released September county-level unemployment data for the state, revealing a decrease in unemployment rates for 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Only Warren County saw an increase in its unemployment rate.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 2:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a court motion filed Oct. 17, Planned Parenthood is asking a state court to block a law that prevents nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician assistants from administering the abortion pill in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 11:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ: AMWD), one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of cabinets, will expand its operations in Hamlet, North Carolina creating 131 jobs in Richmond County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2022 @ 9:25 am
By: Governor's Office
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Virginia-based drone research and testing facility Xelevate Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence, that opened last year, will expand its operations to Washington, North Carolina, in developing a drone-smart airport and a drone training school.
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 @ 8:53 am
By: ENC NOW
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Research has estimated that nearly half the turbines in wind facilities placed in the most vulnerable areas — including the hurricane-prone waters of North Carolina — would face destruction from hurricanes within a 20-year period
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One member of North Carolina's congressional delegation has signed a letter urging colleagues to reject Democrats' temporary federal spending plan.
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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To ensure beneficiaries can seamlessly receive care on day one, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will delay the implementation of the NC Medicaid Managed Care Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Tailored Plans until April 1, 2023.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2022 @ 5:44 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Largest and most geographically diverse cohort of award winners in the latest round of One North Carolina Small Business Program grants
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 1:28 am
By: Governor's Office
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An Army paratrooper stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, died after being shot outside his apartment.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 12:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat; and former Judge Bob Orr, a one-time Republican whose recent political efforts have been largely in opposition to his former party, are leading an initiative to increase trust in North Carolina’s elections infrastructure.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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