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On Thursday, Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, announced that NASCAR’s All-Star race will be returning to North Wilkesboro. This will be the 40th running of the NASCAR All-Star Race.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State budget negotiations are stalled as House and Senate lawmakers are too far apart to reach a deal. Reportedly, there will not be a budget agreement until likely September, following what had initially been a June 30 deadline.
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 @ 6:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The N.C. Supreme Court has refused to take up the Rev. William Barber's appeal of his 2019 conviction for second-degree trespass.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 8:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers representing the state are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to reject an appeal from left-wing political activist the Rev. William Barber.
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 3:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a second-degree trespass conviction against left-wing activist the Rev. William Barber.
Published: Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 2:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The four-year-old case of a high-profile, left-of-center N.C. political activist convicted of trespassing at the state Legislative Building now sits in the hands of the state’s second-highest court.
Published: Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 @ 4:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Cases involving a high-profile political activist and a controversial state medical regulation await the N.C. Court of Appeals as it returns to regular in-person hearings this week.
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 1:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The left-wing group Progress NC describes itself as “a 501(c)3 non-partisan non-profit organization dedicated to informing voters of key public policy issues through traditional news media, online engagement, and hands-on communications trainings.”
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 11:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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As a big fan of redistricting reform, this observer appreciates hearing support for the cause from Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2019 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Jones County residents are still feeling the effects of recent hurricanes. At least one of the county’s three towns remains flooded, and two of its six schools were condemned.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 1:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voter ID is constitutional in North Carolina. And not just because more than 2 million voters, 55 percent of those casting ballots, said so last month
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 10:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2018 @ 5:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Spend much time listening to the political rhetoric flowing from the state capital, and you're likely to hear complaints about legislative "power grabs" and efforts to "rip authority away" from the governor and the state's judges
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 4:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers have a long recognized love-hate relationship with the media and lobbyists
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2018 @ 8:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bickering over the state education budget opened the floodgates to a red sea in downtown Raleigh
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A crush of visitors protesting state education policies is expected at the state legislative building for the start of the short session Wednesday, May 16.
Published: Friday, May 18th, 2018 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State laws and regulations prevent municipalities from collaborating with Internet Service Providers in public-private partnerships that could bridge the urban-rural digital divide, the N.C. League of Municipalities says
Published: Sunday, March 25th, 2018 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative redistricting reform proponents on the Left have become more vocal since Republicans took control of the legislature in 2010
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2017 @ 9:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Moral Monday took an interesting turn; instead of ending in arrests, the evening ended with a civil discussion and an eerie march through the State Legislative Building.
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Sissipahaw and Occaneechi lived and inhabited what is present-day Wake County, and English and Scotch-Irish settlers from northern states moved into the area during the seventeenth century.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the General Assembly considering legislation requiring voters to show photo identification to vote, a House panel recently heard from experts on the issue.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 @ 4:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Eastern North Carolina Tea Party groups are coordinating efforts to have a presence in the halls and hearing sessions of the General Assembly every day it is in session.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 @ 4:04 pm
By: BCN
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