The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Moore v. Harper, 6-3, that state courts can review congressional election maps drawn by legislatures. The ruling affirms a 2022 decision by North Carolina's Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Saturday, former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker of Greensboro officially joined the race for the Republican nomination for N.C. governor.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 8:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public education is the most important function of state government and we spend more tax dollars on education than any other budget item.
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 11:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The new proposed tax cut schedule would lower the personal income tax rate to 2.49% after 2026.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Hello, I’m your Lt. Governor Mark Robinson and it’s my honor to address you tonight
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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"I had a conversation with him just a couple of days ago, I support him," Cooper said on a CBS podcast. "He's been a fantastic president. I've told him that I will try to win North Carolina. If he makes the decision, I'm for him 100%."
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2022 @ 2:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the weeks ahead whether the General Assembly must redraw election maps again for the 2024 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican candidates in Pennsylvania are lagging in their midterm races against Democratic rivals, according to a recent poll from CBS News and YouGov.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 12:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina is among states that have taken a rightward shift in policy outcomes since 2010.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2022 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During a Tuesday rally in Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden mixed up Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro.
Published: Saturday, September 10th, 2022 @ 10:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) President Dee Duncan released the following statement in response to tonight’s primary results in North Carolina:
Published: Saturday, May 21st, 2022 @ 9:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is among the top 10 Democrats named in The Washington Post’s quarterly Democratic presidential candidate ranking for 2024 released on April 16.
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2022 @ 9:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With the dust finally settled on the latest (but certainly not last) round of North Carolina’s redistricting wars, we can take stock of how those districts could perform in the next election.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Wake County Public School Board voted for making masks recommended but not required for athletics immediately. The vote includes extracurricular activities, ending masks requirements on Friday, Feb. 25, and for classes starting March 7.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 8:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected state congressional and legislative election maps with a party-line 4-3 vote. The court’s four Democratic justices agreed to strike down maps drawn by a Republican-led legislature.
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 6:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the Biden administration and Congress struggle with plummeting approval numbers, a battle is being waged in North Carolina and other states over who will control the drawing of congressional districts.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 1:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s one of the best quotes attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra: “It’s like deja vu all over again.”
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 11:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House passed its district map proposal during evening sessions Tuesday, Nov. 2. The Senate is expected to vote on the N.C. House district map on Thursday. Redistricting maps do not go before Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, driving pressure on the legislative process by opposition groups.
Published: Thursday, November 25th, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Interest groups have already filed lawsuits to block approval of new redistricting maps for North Carolina. The maps are still in development with several legislative map proposals having been presented to the public in recent hearings.
Published: Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 @ 10:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he will sign the first budget from the General Assembly since he took office in 2017. The announcement came in a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 16, and before the first vote from the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the chief of police in Roxboro, David Hess’s office is fewer than 15 miles from the Virginia border.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 7:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With Democrats in charge of the White House, and U.S. House, and (possibly as of this writing) the U.S. Senate, you can expect a push by left-wing activists and politicians to repeal some federal tax cuts enacted by the previously Republican Congress and signed by President Trump.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 2:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It took five weeks to settle the final race, but when the N.C. Supreme Court’s session opens in a few weeks, there will be a new chief in Raleigh.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The ballots have been counted. Twice. Some will be counted again. Maybe all of them.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 10:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We’re taught at an early age that the people maintain ultimate authority over government in our state and nation.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 1:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 19, that Medicaid transformation would be placed on hold indefinitely.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2019 @ 1:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly’s nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division said the state collected nearly $900 million more than anticipated for the fiscal year which ended June 30.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 @ 9:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Although Cooper’s defenders have tried to suggest otherwise, the governor has essentially issued an ultimatum: no new budget without Medicaid expansion.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 @ 12:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s state government entered its 2019-20 fiscal year on July 1 without a new state budget in place. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led legislature haven’t agreed to one, yet.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 9:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Medicaid Momentum: Pitt County Commissioners Push for Medicaid Expansion as List of Supporters GrowsDozens of health care and business leaders support expansion and urge the legislature to close coverage gap.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 11:35 am
By: Governor's Office
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Last Tuesday, the Senate voted to override Governor Roy Cooper's veto of The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which requires doctors to provide medical care to babies born alive during an attempted abortion.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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