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like NC Senate is getting new leadership
Published: Monday, March 30th, 2026 @ 8:04 pm
By: John Steed
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President Joe Biden responded on Wednesday to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) announcement detailing his plans to step down from his Senate leadership role in November.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 @ 1:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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A pair of Senate Republicans want Department of Justice (DOJ) leaders to explain what they said appears to be a “significant factual omission” in special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, according to a letter unveiled on Monday.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 1:13 pm
By: Kevin Smith
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blasts McConnell on Lankford border sellout
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2024 @ 1:36 pm
By: John Steed
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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) momentarily froze on Wednesday while speaking to the press with other Republican Senate leaders.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 6:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The state Senate's Republican election leaders have unveiled an omnibus bill that would set Election Day as the absentee ballot deadline and ban "Zuck bucks."
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 9:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders introduced a bill that would “bring much-needed balance and accountability to unelected boards and commissions,” according to a press release from Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Republicans have proposed an ambitious expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program, opening the private school scholarships to all North Carolina families in a tiered system based on household income.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 4:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses this week’s announcement that N.C. House and Senate leaders have reached an agreement on Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 5:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, N.C. Senate Health Committee leaders unveiled the details of the Medicaid expansion agreement with state House leaders made last week.
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 6:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, the N.C. Senate Senate Republican Caucus elected its leadership team, keeping Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, in the role of Senate president pro tempore, frequently simplified to Senate leader.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 4:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Conservatives React To Herschel Walker’s Georgia Senate Runoff Loss, Cast Blame On Different FiguresConservatives had mixed reactions to Herschel Walker’s loss in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff race Tuesday night, with some blaming former President Donald Trump for pushing Walker to run and others faulting GOP leaders for not doing enough to help the onetime NFL great.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 4:09 am
By: Daily Wire
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only 5% support keeping ''McLeadership'' - McConnell and McCarthy
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Steed
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) urged Senate Republicans to proceed with their leadership elections despite reported unrest within the party.
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2022 @ 12:29 am
By: Daily Wire
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conservatives hope to ditch Democrat collaborator McConnell
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2022 @ 8:41 am
By: John Steed
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Getting Ted Budd to the U.S. Senate appears to be a top priority for national Republicans. In campaign spending reports out Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund PAC spent more than $3.4 million in ads for the North Carolina congressman this week.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Pennsylvania state Senate Republicans are throwing their support behind N.C. legislative leaders in the Moore v. Harper case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) responded Tuesday afternoon to the FBI’s raid this week on the Florida home of former President Donald Trump by demanding that federal officials provide the American public with an immediate explanation for their actions.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 7:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Wednesday the N.C. General Assembly’s Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We need conservative House and Senate leaders, NOT RINOs
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Steed
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One of the state Senate’s election law leaders is highlighting a new poll that shows public support for an Election Day deadline for mail-in ballots.
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2022 @ 9:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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McConnell and Berger cave to far left Democrats on key issues
Published: Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Steed
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After some delay, North Carolina Senate leadership released their 2021-22 spending plan yesterday
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and the Senate’s top officer are calling out Charlotte-Mecklenburg school leaders
Published: Sunday, July 4th, 2021 @ 6:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Five Senate Republicans are urging the leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to hand over records related to the origins of COVID-19
Published: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 @ 12:13 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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In an unprecedented move, N.C. Senate leaders say they won’t confirm Dionne Delli-Gatti
Published: Sunday, June 6th, 2021 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee on Wednesday, April 21, approved Senate Bill 360, which would require legislative leaders to sign off on any deal settling a lawsuit in which the General Assembly is a party.
Published: Thursday, April 29th, 2021 @ 6:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I applaud the United States Senate and the leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) for passing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act by an overwhelming margin.
Published: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 @ 11:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Senate leaders say they value government transparency — especially given the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 6:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Senate is crunching numbers to consider building a new teaching hospital for East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, a source close to Senate leadership has told Carolina Journal.
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 @ 11:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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And in the North Carolina General Assembly, lawmakers start the legislative session by introducing new tax and spending proposals.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 2:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis is continuing his bipartisan effort to support North Carolinians recovering from Hurricanes Florence and Michael with a direct appeal to Senate leadership urging support for disaster assistance for North Carolina farmers and the state's agriculture community
Published: Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 @ 12:04 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The Senate delivered swiftly on a leadership pledge to kill Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the 2018-19 General Fund budget, voting 34-13 to override Thursday, June 7
Published: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, the day after a Senate panel on judicial reform discussed alternatives to judicial elections and possible changes in judicial districts, the leaders of the Senate and House agreed to create a joint legislative panel to address the issues
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 8:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump listens to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a dinner with legislative leadership following meetings, Friday, January 5, 2018, at Camp David's Laurel Lodge, near Thurmont, Md.
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell hopes the General Assembly will build on its recent boost in the state's Rainy Day Fund with a plan to make state pensions and health benefits more solvent
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New Bern has given opponents of Senate Bill 155 - teetotaling lawmakers and religious leaders - a reason to flash a crooked smile
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 8:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some education items in the Senate budget will remain, House leaders say
Published: Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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