The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether as many as 56,000 felons who have completed active prison terms but not finished their full sentences will remain eligible to vote in state elections.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 10:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Feb. 2 in a case addressing felon voting.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 7:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue in a new court filing that supporters of felon voting have attacked the wrong state law in a suit now at the state Supreme Court.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 9:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that felon voting supporters are attacking a provision of the state constitution, not the 1973 law that re-enfranchises felons.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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President Joe Biden’s (D) administration has reportedly launched an investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) over its handling of alleged scandals within the church.
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 10:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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Senate Leader Commends Steinburg as “Tireless Advocate for His District” Who Improved Prison Safety
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is broad agreement that North Carolina is better suited to handle redistricting in a more transparent fashion than a decade ago, but further improvements can be made to the process according to a wide spectrum of speakers at Duke University’s Redistricting and American Democracy two day sympos
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The legislative proposal would end private non-profit’s control of high school sports
Published: Friday, July 30th, 2021 @ 10:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Board of Elections voted Friday, May 14, to rehire Karen Brinson Bell as executive director.
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 4:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Leaders of the North Carolina High School Athletics Association are scheduled to testify before the newly created, Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations Subcommittee on Interscholastic Athletic
Published: Monday, April 19th, 2021 @ 9:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With fresh census data forcing N.C. lawmakers to draw new congressional and legislative election maps next year, we’re bound to hear calls once again for redistricting reform.
Published: Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 2:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Trump administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week unveiled a new model for how states could finance and design benefit plans for the Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — Medicaid expansion population.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court Judge David Lee released a consultant’s report that recommended spending another $8 billion over eight years to ensure the state complies with the constitutional requirement to provide all children an opportunity to receive a sound, basic education.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 12:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The government funding bills I just signed into law contain big victories for my Administration and the American people.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 @ 2:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently I asked my 14-year-old son to identify the biggest problem at the public school he attends in Wake County. He didn’t hesitate to answer.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump at Signing of Executive Order Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 6:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Approved by the Legislative Goals Conference
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 7:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An ever-growing maze of regulations, rules, restrictions has cost our country trillions and trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, countless American factories, and devastated many industries.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 2:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Trump Administration's regulatory reform efforts have saved American families and businesses $23 billion in Fiscal Year 2018 by getting rid of unduly burdensome and unnecessary regulation.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 5:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The assessment in question was the 2017 version of the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) - commonly referred to as the nation's report card
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 11:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 10:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina ranks 44th in the nation in access to health care. When you consider we have great access in some parts of the state - those close to metropolitan areas and teaching hospitals in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Triad, and Triangle - the overall ranking is misleading
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While reminding us that the leader of the free world maintains some semblance of life outside the arena, these presidential pets rarely served overtly political purposes
Published: Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Who should be required to get more training: An auto mechanic changing your faulty brakes, fixing your misaligned steering column, and replacing a leaky fuel pump - or a barber taking a little off the top?
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 2:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes today praised efforts by North Carolina Republicans to lower and simplify state taxes while providing a boost to the economy
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 @ 9:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2017 long session of the General Assembly starts Wednesday, and the first day is likely to be more ceremonial than substantive
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What's on my Christmas list this year for educators, parents, students and taxpayers? Three simple goals: Expanding educational freedom, making our schools more efficient and accountable and enhancing transparency
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 6:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In North Carolina, Republican candidates for the General Assembly and statewide offices have been told that their policies are to blame for the fact that fewer high school graduates pursue teaching careers
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gerrymandering is bad. North Carolina needs to reform its process of drawing election maps, a process known as redistricting.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 9:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2016 short session of the General Assembly adjourned leaving plenty of items on the table, and some of them could be revived during the 2017 long session
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2016 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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