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Monday, June 30 marks the last day of the fiscal year, and state lawmakers have yet to pass a new budget.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 @ 4:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new national poll shows roughly two-thirds support for key school choice concepts among American parents.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers for state legislative leaders have signaled they intend to seek another state Supreme Court review of the Leandro education funding case.
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I recently attended a forum discussing the future of elections in North Carolina. During a break, someone commented on my rants about legislative shenanigans, asking my assessment of the current General Assembly. I rambled a bit, but do remember mentioning the terms “historic,” and “power grab.”
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 9:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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State budget writers have once again failed to pass a state budget by the beginning of the fiscal year
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s time for your daily dose of Bidenomics — where the rules are made up and the points don’t matter.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 7:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina is set to receive over $1.53 billion in federal funding to help with expanding high-speed internet across the state. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) made the announcement Monday.
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2023 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Office of State Budget and Management’s (OSBM) North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office (NCPRO) didn’t ensure state funds were spent appropriately. That’s according to an audit released by State Auditor Beth Wood’s office.
Published: Monday, August 28th, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The House voted 314-117 Wednesday to approve a bill raising the US debt ceiling. The bipartisan compromise allows the country to avoid the devastating impact of fiscal responsibility for another two years.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 10:36 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Gov. Roy Cooper is doubling down on his declared “state of emergency” over K-12 public education funding in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 10:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this month, lawmakers introduced two 30-year tax extensions in Charlotte to help fund stadium renovations or build a new stadium for the Carolina Panthers.
Published: Monday, July 3rd, 2023 @ 6:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took to a live streamed YouTube event on Monday to declare a statewide “emergency” over K-12 public school education funding.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 4:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Top N.C. legislative leaders are appealing the latest ruling in the long-running Leandro education funding case to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 7:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Children in grades K-3 in North Carolina have surpassed the rest of the nation when it comes to their early-literacy skills. That’s according to N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, who shared the news at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 @ 6:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court Judge James Ammons has ordered $677 million in additional state spending to address obligations related to the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 @ 1:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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School choice would continue its growth trajectory in North Carolina under a budget passed by the House April 6 in a bipartisan vote of 78 to 38.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 10:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Monday that lawmakers would soon vote to raise the debt ceiling for one year and seek to slow spending increases for federal agencies.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the debate over funding the Leandro education spending plan in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 1:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Treasury institutes "extraordinary measures" to cushion the country from default and keep paying the bills
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 10:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nationwide, a movement to restore and protect parents’ rights has arisen in response to school closures, politicized curricula, and a loss of authority
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Controller Nels Roseland objects to a timetable for addressing the N.C. Supreme Court's latest Leandro order.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 3:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We’re finally here: At long last, we’re about to be done with the 2022 midterm elections.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet said that the Inflation Reduction Act is not reducing inflation because it hasn’t set in yet.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 8:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In the 2021 state budget, lawmakers combined the state's two school-choice grants for special needs students into one program.
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 @ 11:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One member of North Carolina's congressional delegation has signed a letter urging colleagues to reject Democrats' temporary federal spending plan.
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap bill Thursday, seeking to avoid a partial government shutdown while also sending billions of dollars more to Ukraine.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2022 @ 6:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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I’m not a doctor, so it really isn’t within my purview to say whether or not President Joe Biden has dementia. I do have common sense, however, and can say that Wednesday, September 28, 2022, was one of his most demented days ever.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 8:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Americans facing largest national debt ever, just as Biden announces student loan forgiveness
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 12:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Welcome to Bidenomics, where the president’s plans to fix the student debt crisis could drive up both inflation and the overall cost of college, while doing nothing to fix the root of the problem, and cost taxpayers as much as $1 trillion.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 11:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democrat President Joe Biden has reportedly been told by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that he will need to dramatically scale back one of the top items included in his $3.5 trillion social spending bill.
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 11:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democrat President Joe Biden’s plan to reshape America with his $3.5 trillion social spending bill hit another obstacle on Thursday as one top Democrat Senator said that it would not happen anytime soon.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 1:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Most electric cars won’t qualify for the tax credits established by the tax and spending plan recently passed by Democrats in the Senate.
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 7:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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