A group of prominent North Carolina business leaders, and some big Republican donors, sent a letter Tuesday morning to all House Republicans urging them to abandon plans to muddy the budget process with legalized casinos
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 10:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Medicaid expansion is likely to increase the cost of healthcare for all North Carolinians, including those on the State Health Plan (SHP), according to state Treasurer Dale Folwell.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 7:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The groundbreaking on what is being called the “crown jewel of VinFast’s global expansion” occurred Friday morning at the site of the $4 billion EV manufacturing plant in Triangle Innovation Point, in the Chatham County town of Moncure.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 @ 9:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“It could ultimately have an impact on not only its operating budgets from a year-to-year basis but also have an impact on our gigantic unfunded healthcare liability,” Folwell said.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Republican-led North Carolina House set a record, overriding six of Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, the most ever in one day.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House Rules Committee voted in favor of changes to Senate Bill 747, laying a framework for major election law changes in the Tar heel state.
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 @ 4:49 pm
By: Kevin Smith
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to make the North Carolina state and local elections boards bipartisan.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"I had never met her," Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, said of Cleta Mitchell. "I did not know who she was until after the meeting. They had no influence on the bill whatsoever."
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A good friend, knowing how much I enjoy words, recently sent me a copy of Dr. Frank Luntz’s classic book, “Words that work.”
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 6:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On Tuesday, both chambers of the North Carolina state legislature voted to override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 20, “Care for Women, Children, and Families Act,” which restricts elective abortions after 12 weeks of fetal development.
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 6:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill to ban China and other foreign adversaries from purchasing N.C. agricultural land and property within 25 miles of the state’s military bases.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 12:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The news of Rep. Tricia Cotham, Mecklenburg County, changing her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican has sent shockwaves throughout the North Carolina politics, even making national headlines.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 3:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday morning, Republican leaders announced that Rep. Tricia Cotham, a longtime Democrat from Mecklenburg County, is joining the North Carolina Republican Party.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina State Rep. Tricia Cotham is defecting from the Democratic Party, joining the GOP, and delivering Republicans supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature.
Published: Monday, May 1st, 2023 @ 7:37 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Wednesday, for the first time since 2018, the North Carolina House successfully voted to override a Governor Cooper veto on Senate Bill 41. The bill will now become law.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 8:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill requiring students at state universities to take a three-credit hour course on the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents by a vote of 69-47.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 8:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, House Majority Leader John Bell and House Minority Leader Robert Reives came together to establish and co-chair a new, bipartisan caucus within the North Carolina General Assembly, with Rep. Reives announcing the news on the House Floor on Wednesday.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 8:45 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Thursday morning, North Carolina Democrats held a press conference introducing legislation to codify abortion protections into state law.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 11:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to officially reconvene at noon on Wednesday in Raleigh. After November’s midterm elections, Republicans in the Senate have a supermajority and in the House, Republicans are one vote shy of a supermajority.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is upset that North Carolina House Republicans might amend a rule regarding overriding governor vetoes.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 4:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper's latest executive order bans TikTok and WeChat from state government computers and mobile phones.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the N.C. House of Representatives took the oath of office Wednesday, opening the long legislative session for 2023. Republicans have two more seats in the chamber this session
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order prohibiting the use of certain applications and websites on state devices including computers and mobile phones.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 4:09 am
By: Governor's Office
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"Republicans have developed a second issue, and Democrats haven’t, and for Republicans that issue is crime,” said Jim Blaine, The Differentiators
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2022 @ 10:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House passed a bill Tuesday evening 101-6 that would direct the state’s health agency to come up with a Medicaid Modernization Plan.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bill allows lawsuits, penalties retroactive to 2017.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 5:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly convenes the 2022 short session after the longest long session in state history concluded in March.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly convened the 2022 short session Wednesday, May 18 after the longest long session in state history concluded in March.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Neither state Senate Democrat who initially voted for the Free the Smiles legislation last month was willing to stick with that “yes” vote this week.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2022 @ 5:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House on Thursday passed a resolution supporting Ukraine before following the Senate’s lead and voting to adjourn its long-running session.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2022 @ 3:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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