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A three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina's 2018 state constitutional amendments mandating voter ID and lowering the state's income tax cap.
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2025 @ 10:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today Governor Josh Stein signed Executive Order 23, establishing the North Carolina Energy Policy Task Force to strengthen the state’s electricity infrastructure and energy affordability as demand increases.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2025 @ 7:26 am
By: Governor's Office
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A three-judge Superior Court panel granted part of Gov. Roy Cooper's request for an injunction against a new state law shifting government appointment powers.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 2:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling supporting the planned Mid-Currituck Bridge to the Outer Banks.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2023 @ 12:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court dismissed as "moot" a request to speed up proceedings in a lawsuit challenging two state constitutional amendments.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 6:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. NAACP is seeking a "writ of mandamus" from the N.C. Supreme Court. It would speed up action in a case targeting state constitutional amendments for voter ID and a lower income tax cap.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper's lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Friday in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's Rules Review Commission. A hearing had been scheduled for Nov. 9 in the case.
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2022 @ 10:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Peter Holderness Ledford will serve as North Carolina Clean Energy Director.
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 @ 11:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Lawyers representing the state NAACP defend N.C. Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls in their latest filing at the state’s high court.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If the state Supreme Court decides to remove two Republican justices from hearing a high-profile case involving voter ID, the court also should remove Democratic Justice Anita Earls. That’s according to a new motion filed Wednesday in the case.
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A hundred new clean energy jobs in a Tier One county are put on hold while the company awaits judication on their modified permit.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 10:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced new appointments to boards and commissions across North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2021 @ 7:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It started with a simple request on Saturday morning, Jan. 13, 2018. Duke Energy lobbyist Kathy Hawkins asked Ken Eudy, Gov. Roy Cooper’s senior adviser, to help expedite a state official’s signature on an agreement tied to Duke’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 10:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two executive orders President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, April 10, could expedite completion of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and other interstate energy transmission projects that have been delayed by state regulators.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bladen County Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser approved a consent order Monday holding the Chemours chemical manufacturer accountable for release of GenX and other PFAS emerging contaminants which have polluted the Cape Fear River Basin and surrounding groundwater.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Quoting a Dr. Seuss character, a panel of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges vacated a vital U.S. Forest Service permit developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline need to continue work on the 604-mile natural gas transmission line from West Virginia to North Carolina
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 2:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eight North Carolina school districts tapped to split $57.8 million from Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers aren't likely to see that money anytime soon
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2018 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced he will be making 32 executive nominations and appointments to 14 different boards, councils, and commissions including the North Carolina Board of Transportation, the NCWorks Commission and the Environmental Management Commission
Published: Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 @ 11:57 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline cuts a 600-mile underground swath through three states, beginning in Harrison County, West Virginia
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 @ 3:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A law banning plastic grocery bags in some Outer Banks communities may be unconstitutional, says a prominent former lawmaker
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper ended the most recent session of the N.C. General Assembly much like he started it
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 3:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Following is part of an article series sent by incumbent Governor McCrory following Gubernatorial Debate on October 18 with Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 5:06 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The McCrory campaign released the following statement in response to Larry Hall's press conference politicizing coal ash
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 3:23 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory is holding Duke Energy accountable and cleaning up coal ash ponds once and for all, Roy Cooper let this problem fester for more than 28 years during his career as a top lawmaker and as attorney general. Instead of ever addressing coal ash
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2016 @ 5:03 am
By: McCrory Communications
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After decades of delays and court challenges, 2015 was the year that Governor Pat McCrory announced North Carolina will move forward with the Bonner Bridge Replacement Project with construction beginning in spring of 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 that five key projects in Senate District 1 will be completed sooner as a result of major transportation funding reforms passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2015.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Tennessee Valley Authority produced a recent study that found the premium it pays to solar energy producers is about 67 percent higher than solar's actual value (about 12 cents per kilowatt versus 7.2 cents/kw). As reported in the Chattanooga Times Free Press...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While environmental activists believe New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigations of oil giant Exxon Mobil and coal producer Peabody Energy could develop into a multistate class-action matter on the scale of the lawsuit against cigarette makers, North Carolina has not joined...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Environmentalists like to preach that all life is connected - but they themselves are connected in an intricate web of activists, groups, money and influence. And our revamped Mapping the Left site kicks off by unveiling a new network showing how these links are spread across North Carolina.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 6:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A United States District Court judge has ruled in favor of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and against the environmental groups seeking to stop construction of the Monroe Expressway.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2015 @ 9:12 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the final roadblocks were cleared Friday allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation to proceed with construction of a new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on N.C. 12 over the Oregon Inlet in Dare County.
Published: Sunday, August 23rd, 2015 @ 11:21 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Recently, the General Assembly passed House Bill 562, legislation aimed at protecting the Second Amendment rights of North Carolinians
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after his transportation team reached an agreement that gives the go-ahead for the construction of a parallel bridge to replace the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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