An appointments bill, which will clear the North Carolina Senate this week, nominates former high-ranking staffers and politicians to various boards and commissions across the state.
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 815, titled The Loving Homes Act, would allow one child or siblings in foster care to be placed in a foster home even if the foster family already exceeds the N.C. limit of five biological or other adopted children.
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 11:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two distinct Senate bills SB 636 and SB 574, if passed, could nullify a recent policy change to let high school students enter into “name, image, likeness,” or NIL, contracts before the new policy goes into effect July 1st.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, for the first time, a North Carolina House committee heard a bill (S.B. 3) to legalize marijuana use for certain medical reasons. The House Health Committee did not hold a vote on S.B. 3 but discussed the bill for about 30 minutes.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 1:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, Republican legislative leaders filed a bill that would ensure North Carolinians are not coerced into joining labor unions.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It was a case of rinse and repeat for North Carolina lawmakers as they heard much of the same testimony from North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) officials on efforts to help those who lost homes due to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The “NC Compassionate Care Act,” a bill that would make medical marijuana legal in North Carolina, cleared the state Senate Tuesday by a vote of 36 to 10. It will be before the chamber again on Wednesday for a third and final vote.
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2023 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, a bipartisan group of North Carolina legislators announced they would introduce legislation to add two seats to the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, today announced his intended committee appointments for the 2023-24 legislative biennium.
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A top publication for corporate real estate and expansion planning named North Carolina as tops in the country in terms of a friendly business climate.
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 11:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House.
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2021 @ 8:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, May 14, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Governor Roy Cooper’s executive order establishing social distancing guidelines aimed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Published: Sunday, May 17th, 2020 @ 12:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A collection of churches filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, May 14, challenging Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order banning mass gatherings, a move that has severely limited indoor worship services.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2020 @ 12:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are considering temporarily expanding Medicaid to cover uninsured residents’ coronavirus testing and treatment, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said during a meeting of the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Republicans and Democrats should hold onto their money until they know the Democratic nominee for president, Anna Beavon Gravely, executive director of N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation, said during a post-primary briefing.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Vice President Joe Biden rode a big win in South Carolina to a primary surge, highlighted by an outstanding showing during Super Tuesday, a day in which he won Democratic primaries in neighboring North Carolina and Virginia.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 10:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While some lawmakers are leaving the General Assembly in 2020, 11 former legislators are aiming for a comeback.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation report shows Republican lawmakers scored an average of 91.95% on business-related decisions during the 2019 legislative session.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2019 @ 8:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The child welfare component of the state’s NC FAST computer system is a $92 million money pit
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 9:53 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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A new bill to fight human trafficking has begun moving through House committees of the General Assembly.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2019 @ 9:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This year, Coles and the trafficking commission have introduced statewide legislation that, among many other things, would provide post-conviction relief for survivors who are charged with minor crimes while being trafficked
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2019 @ 10:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Map Act may have reached the end of the road.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2019 @ 4:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The final day of a sometimes divisive election year legislative session ended with bipartisan back slaps, and emotional farewell speeches injected with folksy humor, good-natured jabs, reminiscence, and heartfelt thanks from those who will not return next year
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former state Rep. Roger Younts, R-Davidson, who was appointed to the General Assembly in July 2013, is running for his old seat. Current Rep. Sam Watford is not seeking re-election to run for the open Senate seat in District 29. Davidson County Commissioner Steve Jarvis is challenging Younts
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supreme Court in February to hear appeal of law blocking development in highway corridors... When Gene Kirby bought nearly 42 acres of land along High Point Road in the early 1980s, he envisioned eventually going into business with his son and building apartments on the property.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 11:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly 20 members of the General Assembly, including several powerful veteran lawmakers, will not be running for re-election in 2016, and that number could swell as the candidate filing period that opens today at noon moves forward
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Senate bill that would relieve a southeastern North Carolina planning organization from financial consequences resulting from the use of the controversial Map Act passed the House on Wednesday and will return to the Senate.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina requires occupational licensing for more than 700 professions, which generates an absurd amount of bureaucracy and red tape. Occupational licensing forces people to pay a fee, and often go through needless additional training, in order to legally practice their profession in the state
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 8:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As landowners wait to see if the N.C. Department of Transportation will appeal a recent decision enhancing property rights along highway corridors, lawmakers in Raleigh have filed bills that would limit the grip of the state's Map Act or eliminate it altogether.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 3:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a state primary race with national implications, House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, defeated seven other candidates and won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kay Hagan. And in a contest that drew more than $1 million in independent expenditures...
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some Davidson County GOP leaders are telling me they see the hand of Speaker Thom Tillis and Raleigh-based GOP operatives involved in the process to fill an open state House seat - and they don't like it.
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2013 @ 2:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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An effort to allow auto insurance companies to set their own rates collided with opponents on Tuesday as the bill failed to muster enough votes to get out of committee.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An effort to allow auto insurance companies to set their own rates collided with opponents on Tuesday as the bill failed to muster enough votes to get out of committee.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Jeff Collins may have foreshadowed debate on a proposal to rework the way auto insurance rates are set when he told a panel hearing his...
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2013 @ 4:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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