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NC Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, is asking the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to conduct a hand-eye recount in his race against Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Josh Stein is calling on the General Assembly to pass what he calls a “$1.4 million critical needs budget,” as members of the Council of State from both major parties said in their last meeting they are reaching a breaking point.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly have rejected Gov. Josh Stein’s call for an extra legislative session dealing with Medicaid next week, calling the move unconstitutional and unnecessary.
Published: Saturday, November 15th, 2025 @ 10:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina lawmakers met in Raleigh on Monday to review newly proposed congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Published: Friday, October 24th, 2025 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit against a new North Carolina state elections board will move to a three-judge panel.
Published: Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 @ 2:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper seeks a temporary restraining order to block a law changing the composition of the State Board of Elections.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 @ 12:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, Nov. 2, a group of protesters blocked the Durham Freeway (NC-147), the main artery through Durham and a major connector for the Research Triangle area, during rush hour.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2024 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed a court document Thursday explaining why a February trial could prove difficult in a federal lawsuit challenging the state voter ID law.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2024 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge Superior Court panel granted part of Gov. Roy Cooper's request for an injunction against a new state law shifting government appointment powers.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 2:24 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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Gov. Roy Cooper is criticizing Superior Court judges for not holding an immediate hearing on his request to block new state appointments laws.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel has rejected Gov. Roy Cooper's proposed injunction against recent action from the state Environmental Management Commission.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 1:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed another lawsuit in state court against North Carolina's top legislative leaders. This one targets a new creating an eight-member state elections board with an even split between Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court judges from Granville, Johnston, and Richmond counties will oversee Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit challenging a law that takes away some of his appointment powers.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 12:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Top legislative leaders filed paperwork Monday to intervene in three federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina election law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A hearing scheduled Nov. 21 at the federal courthouse in Winston-Salem could help determine the course of a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's photo voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, absent Governor Cooper's signature, the NC General Assembly's 2023-24/2024-25 biennium budget recommendations became law.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Tuesday, Oct. 10th, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and House Majority Leader John Bell, R-Wayne, held a press conference to highlight continued funding in the state budget for the Veterans Justice Initiative (VJI).
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2024 @ 12:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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 three-judge Superior Court panel appointed by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby will consider Gov. Roy Cooper's latest lawsuit against state legislative leaders.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 11:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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US District Judge Catherine Eagles has issued an injunction against two pieces of North Carolina's new abortion law.
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2024 @ 2:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, Sept. 22, the General Assembly passed a budget which contains a new provision that would allow lawmakers total discretion over destroying records.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 2:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a Tuesday evening press conference at the N.C. General Assembly, Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, announced an agreement to abandon, for now, efforts to legalize casinos through the state budget.
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2023 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers for state legislative leaders have signaled they intend to seek another state Supreme Court review of the Leandro education funding case.
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican leaders have confirmed a new strategy that is expected to get Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, the casinos he wants.
Published: Sunday, December 24th, 2023 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A number of Raleigh politicos expected legislative leadership to announce a budget agreement this week. On Tuesday, however, tales of a budget agreement came and went.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has denied voter ID critics' request to reopen discovery in their federal lawsuit. Discovery originally ended in 2020.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 6:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders warned a federal judge this week that opponents of the state's new abortion law are trying to "circumvent" a US Supreme Court decision.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 4:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voter identification opponents defend their request to reopen discovery in a federal lawsuit. Republican legislative leaders and the State Board of Elections oppose new discovery.
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders cite the "major questions doctrine" in their latest defense of state abortion pill restrictions against a federal lawsuit.
Published: Monday, November 20th, 2023 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Top North Carolina legislative leaders object to voter identification critics conducting new discovery in a federal lawsuit. The State Board of Elections also objects to additional discovery.
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 @ 11:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Top state legislative leaders have filed a new motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's abortion pill restrictions.
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 8:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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