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This is simply a failure of will, and we are here to help impose that will today, so that to me is the simple punchline," said State Treasurer Brad Briner. "I appreciate the leaders of Rocky Mount being here, but we need to get to a place where there is the will to fix a very, very serious problem.”
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2026 @ 8:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A follow-up report from the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has uncovered additional alleged financial management failures in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, including roughly $15 million in expenditures that were kept off the district’s books for months.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2026 @ 11:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With a little over a week to go before the state’s primary elections, Mount Olive native Ron Herring has been named as the director of election security and enforcement for the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE), effective immediately.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 @ 12:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Washington, NC — Newly released financial data from the City of Washington’s Finance Department reveals a concerning fiscal trajectory marked by rising debt, rapid payroll growth, increasing staff levels, and declining resident income and population
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2026 @ 4:22 pm
By: Joe Davis
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 @ 11:07 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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A bipartisan North Carolina Court of Appeals panel will hear oral arguments on Jan. 27 in a dispute involving appointments to the State Board of Elections.
Published: Sunday, December 21st, 2025 @ 5:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has signed off on a deal to end Republican groups' 2024 lawsuit over North Carolina's rules for mail-in ballot envelopes.
Published: Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 @ 12:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Hundreds of millions of dollars unaccounted for, department hasn't filed report of funds on time since 2017
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2025 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Personnel changes strengthen essential operations at state elections board
Published: Saturday, November 15th, 2025 @ 8:35 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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“We need to fix that, and we need to fix that not tomorrow, we need to fix that yesterday,” Rep. Keith Kidwell, R-Beaufort, on fixing the issues with the NCDMV.
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC General Assembly has wrapped the scheduled October session, but tensions are still running high between the chambers over a Medicaid rebase stalemate and its increasing sticker shock.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2025 @ 5:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A rapid response report from the North Carolina State Auditor’s Office (OSA) is raising serious concerns about safety on the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) more than a month after the murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ 9:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A House Bill that provides funding for the Medicaid rebase in North Carolina is headed to the Senate floor for a vote, after passing in the Senate’s Appropriations/Base Budget Committee on Monday.
Published: Thursday, September 25th, 2025 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State lawmakers convened for a brief session this week in which they were scheduled to consider veto overrides on several bills, but the sessions ended without the overrides being taken up.
Published: Saturday, August 30th, 2025 @ 6:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) has announced the resignation of James Yokeley, the Surry County Board of Elections chairman. He is facing accusations of drugging food, child abuse and other crimes.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2025 @ 4:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For nearly a decade now, the composition and ownership of the North Carolina Board of Elections (NCSBE) have been a contested battle between the General Assembly and the Governor.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2025 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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(RALEIGH) Today Governor Stein signed seven bills and vetoed three bills.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2025 @ 10:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, North Carolina lawmakers have declared war on equality with the passage of House Bill 171 (HB 171) and Senate Bills 227 and 558, dismantling decades of civil rights progress and systematically excluding entire communities from public life.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2025 @ 7:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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bill for fire mitigation passed overwhelmingly but did not fit Newscum's political agenda
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 @ 10:01 am
By: John Steed
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Raleigh, N.C. — The State Board of Elections on Tuesday unanimously certified the 2024 Republican second primary in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 @ 7:15 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The 2024 second primary election will be held statewide on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. In-person early voting ends at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in all 100 counties.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 @ 10:20 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RINO establishment candidate slips in for State Auditor
Published: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 @ 9:23 am
By: John Steed
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early voting is open now
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 @ 12:20 pm
By: John Steed
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Democrat Mo Green is handily besting Republican Michele Morrow in total fundraising to date in the state’s race for superintendent of public instruction, according to recent campaign disclosures.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2024 @ 6:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Wake County grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday against North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood for allegedly using a state vehicle for private purposes.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Not enough preparedness and no timeline.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2024 @ 12:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mixed bag for conservativs
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 @ 7:20 am
By: John Steed
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North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood announced Wednesday at the end of a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing that she is not seeking re-election in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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