Former President Donald Trump courted his donors at Mar-a-Lago last week, calling on them to pitch in their financial support for a fellow Republican and promising them he would cut their taxes if he’s re-elected in 2024.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 9:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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Senate Bill 749, “No Partisan Advantage in Elections,” passed along party lines in the North Carolina Senate and now moves on to the state House.
Published: Saturday, August 12th, 2023 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members of the N.C. House Freedom Caucus plan to inspect voting machines in Durham County to check for an internet connection, which could make them vulnerable to fraud.
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When it comes to an inherent right, nothing is regulated quite like the Second Amendment.
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 8:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 12:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If Republican Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby’s 406 vote lead survives a recount and he makes history as North Carolina’s 30th Chief Justice he can thank a once Democratic stronghold that has gone red for providing his margin of victory.
Published: Monday, November 23rd, 2020 @ 11:19 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just been re-elected.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 12:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes has examined job creation promises from North Carolina economic-development incentives programs and found them falling far, far short.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 4:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Election irregularities have been an open secret in Bladen County for most of this decade
Published: Saturday, December 8th, 2018 @ 8:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is a constitutional amendment on the November ballot changing the way judicial vacancies are filled a good step toward merit selection of judges, or a reckless consolidation of power?
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2018 @ 11:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It's no surprise that every living N.C. governor agrees that the current governor and his successors should maintain their level of power within state government
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 5:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jim Martin, and the four other living former North Carolina governors, held a news conference Monday, Aug. 13, in the State Capitol building, standing in bipartisan opposition to two constitutional amendments they say would limit executive power.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a 4-3 ruling along party lines, the N.C. Supreme Court on Friday ruled for Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in the lawsuit between the governor and General Assembly leadership over the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a pretty safe bet that most N.C. voters dislike "corporate giveaways."
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The final footnote of decades-long legal battles over coastal land adjacent to Hammocks Beach State Park in Onslow County ended Tuesday when the state released a master plan expanding the park
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 3:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After Republican Pat McCrory was elected Governor in 2012, North Carolina's well-organized Left-wing nonprofit policy groups met to map out an attack strategy
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 7:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Whether you are a North Carolina Democrat who dreams of recapturing your party's longtime control of the state legislature or a North Carolina Republican who dreams of recapturing your party's recent control of the governorship and state supreme court, I would urge you to calibrate your expectations
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2017 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians had much to celebrate over the Independence Day weekend
Published: Friday, July 7th, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $22.9 billion General Fund budget plan released Tuesday by Senate Republicans would increase spending over the two-year budget cycle by less than Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan would in its first year alone
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2017 @ 3:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lost beneath headlines highlighting the rancorous repeal of House Bill 2, N.C. lawmakers took another vote on the same day that could produce major long-term positive benefits for state government finances
Published: Thursday, April 6th, 2017 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Timing matters, in both stand-up comedy and interpreting statistical trends
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 @ 7:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will be dissecting Tuesday's elections for months to come but there are some immediate takeaways from the outcomes. With three notable exceptions it was a great year for Republicans in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A stunning election night ended with several election races - including the contest for governor - unresolved, even as Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr scored significant victories and the GOP retained its supermajority status in the General Assembly
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A lawsuit filed by the president of a conservative policy organization says the North Carolina Constitution requires payments from a 2000 agreement between pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. and the North Carolina Department of Justice go to public schools
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2016 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused on Thursday to put a hold on its order striking down North Carolina's voter ID law and related election reforms while the opinion is on appeal.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 3:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has one of the most-polled electorates in the United States
Published: Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's economic outlook ranked second in the United States in a new analysis of all the states' economic competitiveness from the American Legislative Exchange Council
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 8:33 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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"The presidential race," N.C. State University political science professor Steven Greene said when asked what will affect the Nov. 8 general election in North Carolina the most
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2016 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A nine-year legal battle over a 289-acre Onslow County waterfront property ended in late April when Harriet Hurst Turner and her brother John H. Hurst won control of the land and then immediately sold it to the state of North Carolina for $10.1 million.
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2015 @ 2:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A move is afoot on Jones Street to consolidate state law enforcement in the executive branch.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:44 am
By: Brant Clifton
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McDowell County Commissioner Michael Lavender is used to running campaigns after 12 years on the board, but his current run for state Senate against incumbent Ralph Hise is a little more complicated.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 8:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Matt Arnold admits there is very little difference between his political views and those held by incumbent Sen. Robert Rucho. But that did not stop him from challenging the seven-term veteran lawmaker in the upcoming Republican primary for state Senate District 39 on May 6.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 1:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The races for only 7 percent of state legislative seats - and no congressional districts - are likely to be competitive this year, say two organizations tracking North Carolina voting trends.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 8:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I don't understand what has people - who don't have a political allegiance aligned with that of Attorney General Roy Cooper - all shaken up about realigning the SBI into the Department of Public Safety.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 7:14 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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