A recent News & Observer editorial on redistricting claimed that “the numbers (of districts likely to be won by either Republicans or Democrats) are irrelevant if the redistricting process remains — as it has — purely partisan.”
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 4:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When it comes to North Carolina redistricting, the handwriting is on the wall. The old system for producing legislative and congressional districts is going away.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Trump Cabinet official, leaving his post soon, spoke to Fox News about the president, his current job — and the 2020 Democrats
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 4:51 am
By: LifeZette
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The state House has passed a new congressional map, giving Democrats a better chance to pick up U.S. House seats in 2020, based on recent voting history.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Acting ambassador to Ukraine wilted when Republicans cross-examined him
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:21 am
By: LifeZette
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A panel of Superior Court judges have approved North Carolina’s newly redrawn legislative district voting maps, but lawmakers are headed back to the drawing board to create different maps for congressional races.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 @ 5:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If the General Assembly learned anything from recent decades of redistricting battles, it’s that the map-drawing process needs a thorough overhaul.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 10:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Redistricting calls for leadership, and now is the time for reform.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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New maps proposed for 2020 legislative elections emerged from the most open, transparent process North Carolina ever has used to draw election lines.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The redistricting court in Common Cause v. Lewis issued several strict guidelines last month to the General Assembly on how to draft its new 2020 election maps. But will the court’s appointed referee have to follow the same rules?
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 12:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We've been hearing a lot about "redistricting" lately.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 11:41 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina lawmakers have just nine days to draw new voter district maps. They’re off to a rough start.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee is set to vote next week on a resolution laying out the procedures that it will use for its investigation as they are reportedly considering moving to impeach President Donald Trump.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 5:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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I remember when the inherent boredom of redistricting was a laugh line.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 @ 12:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge N.C. Superior Court panel has tossed out North Carolina’s election maps for state House and Senate districts. The court has ordered state lawmakers to draw new maps in two weeks.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill now before the state Senate, House Bill 590, would make a simple but sensible adjustment to an already good regulatory policy.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 @ 3:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a landmark victory for N.C. Republican lawmakers, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled gerrymandered congressional districts are a political issue, which federal courts should not decide as a matter of law.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 3:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County Commissioners passed a 10.13% property tax increase Monday night- the second largest in the county's history, despite calls for more access to public comment and increased fiscal responsibility from the Wake County Republican Party.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 @ 11:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The draft bill text comes after Senators Tillis and Coons revived the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and follows feedback from dozens of stakeholders, industry representatives, and individual inventors after releasing a framework in April.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 6:10 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Wake County Republicans Call on Commissioners/Residents to Oppose County’s 10% Tax Increase
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2019 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A nonpartisan commission would replace lawmakers in drawing election maps if a bill introduced Wednesday becomes law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 8:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan group of state lawmakers Thursday introduced the second of what may be several measures to reform North Carolina's redistricting process.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 3:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper's administration could risk violating a state law protecting whistleblowers if it has threatened retribution against employees who want to cooperate with a legislative probe of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline deal
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 8:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement following the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be on the Supreme Court of the United States
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:34 am
By: Thom Tillis
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What we are currently witnessing in state government feels like watching the movie "Groundhog Day." Our legislature passes a bill, the governor vetoes it, lawmakers override the veto, then the issue goes to court
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 3:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A new look at rule-making activity in North Carolina shows that regulation, as the old beach tee puts it, keeps on truckin'
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After hearing what is apparently taking place in our General Assembly we have to ask why we even need 170 members in the General Assembly
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 12:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In a meeting with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today on offshore drilling and seismic testing, Governor Cooper underscored North Carolina's opposition to both
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2018 @ 11:03 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday he sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke seeking to delay any decision on drilling or seismic testing of the ocean floor in search of oil and gas deposits off North Carolina’s coast
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2018 @ 8:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to grant a 60-day extension on public comments on offshore drilling and seismic testing off of North Carolina's coast
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 7:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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We're ending intrusive EPA regulations that kill jobs, hurt family farmers and ranchers, and raise the price of energy so quickly and so substantially.
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 10:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since 2011, the Republican-led General Assembly has enacted transformational reforms
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners will hold the following public hearings on October 19, 2017 at or soon after 3:00 PM
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 9:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate Republicans sent strong signals with Thursday's passage of the Electoral Freedom Act of 2017 that they may still scrap judicial elections in exchange for some form of merit selection for judges
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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