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The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a nonprofit law firm “dedicated to election integrity,” sent a letter to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) on August 4 that highlighted several longstanding problems with our state’s voter rolls, affecting tens of thousands
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2025 @ 9:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed a court document Thursday explaining why a February trial could prove difficult in a federal lawsuit challenging the state voter ID law.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2024 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the final days of state budget negotiations, there was a pressurized hush around the legislative complex as lawmakers feuded over the sudden addition of legalizing four casinos to the nearly $30 billion state budget.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted four to one Sunday to recognize the No Labels Party as an official party in the state.
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 @ 12:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A total of 147 Republicans in the United States Congress, including 23 senators and 124 members of the House of Representatives, filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to deny an emergency application from the Biden administration’s FDA to stay an order by the United States District Court
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 5:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to empowering people with disabilities with the tools and resources they need to live healthy, independent lives in their communities.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 3:41 am
By: ENC NOW
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With Florida rapidly turning from an evenly-divided state to one that is increasingly a red state, The New York Times turned to that great bastion of conservatism, Texas, and determined to turn Texas blue, published an opinion piece encouraging blue staters, especially Californians, to move there.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 10:08 am
By: Daily Wire
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A new filing from N.C. legislative leaders asks the state Supreme Court to steer clear of a case involving voting rights for felons. A courtroom victory for the felons could add 56,000 people to the state’s voting rolls.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State officials report that close to $800 million remains unfunded from a judge’s $1.7 billion state education spending order. That assessment resulted from a court-ordered comparison of the spending plan and the new state budget.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 @ 7:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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East Carolina University and the Brody School of Medicine extend our sincerest gratitude to the State of North Carolina for its investment in a new medical education building and for its belief in Brody’s ability to serve the residents of our state.
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 9:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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Should Democrats on the State Supreme Court make the highly partisan and controversial move of forcing two Republican State Supreme Court Justices off a critical case to decide the fate of voter-approved state constitutional amendments requiring voter ID and lowering the maximum income tax rate.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Exceptions to free speech in the United States refers to categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment. According to the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:45 am
By: David Winstead
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I commend the Charter Schools Advisory Board (CSAB) for unanimously recommending to the State Board of Education (SBE) that our two statewide virtual public charter schools be permitted to temporarily expand enrollment.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 11:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Missouri and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding from May 3 to May 4, 2020.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2020 @ 12:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday the State Board of Education and members of Governor Cooper’s administration submitted an action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee as part of the ongoing work to ensure the state is compliant with the constitutional requirements of the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 2:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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After witnessing outbreaks at food processing plants in other states and receiving reports of cases among workers in our state, North Carolina public and private leaders have come together to take swift action to protect workers here from COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 8:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The recent skirmish between the State Board of Education and Superintendent for Public Instruction is yet another reminder of the longstanding debate about just who is in charge of public education in our state.
Published: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 11:26 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The pillars of the Fourth Estate, i.e. the press, are taking a beating. “Fake news” has become a ridiculous cliche, yet the mantra is starting to damage those pillars like so much wind and rain.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 3:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood's president, Leana Wen, issued a panicked tweet because if the state of Missouri doesn't renew by Friday Planned Parenthood's license for its clinic in St. Louis, Missouri will be the first state that doesn't have a single abortion clinic.
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 @ 9:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Missouri and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 2:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to make more relentless and effective efforts to bring abducted American children back home to the United States by using all of the tools and resources at the State Department's disposal
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 7:17 am
By: Thom Tillis
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State elections officials referred four-term state Rep. Rodney Moore, D-Mecklenburg, for investigation and possible prosecution, saying there was "clear and convincing evidence" he failed to report more than $141,000 in election campaign receipts and expenditures
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement following the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be on the Supreme Court of the United States
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:34 am
By: Thom Tillis
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On Friday afternoon, in a shock reversal, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who had stated earlier in the morning that he would vote in favor of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, shifted his position and stated that he would not vote for Kavanaugh on the Senate floor without ...
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 3:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina's two most-populous counties, Mecklenburg and Wake, are home to about 21 percent of the state's population and 28 percent of its jobs. Over the past four years, about 45 percent of the state's net new jobs were created in either Mecklenburg or Wake
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State health officials are encouraging residents and visitors to take precautions to prevent mosquito-borne illnesses following the death of a North Carolina resident from West Nile virus infection last week. This is the state's first death from and first confirmed case of West Nile virus in 2018
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 2:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement following President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States
Published: Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 @ 10:25 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Cabinet secretaries, agency heads and other state employees will dedicate hundreds of volunteer hours this week as part of Governor Roy Cooper's call to support National Volunteer Week activities across the state
Published: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 @ 9:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement on Tuesday appointed four members to each of the 100 county boards of elections and unanimously recognized the North Carolina Green Party as an official political party in the state
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 7:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The fate of the state's public education system is now in the hands of the North Carolina Supreme Court after justices heard two cases regarding the constitutional authority of the State Board of Education
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 8:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal judge ordered North Carolina to reinstate partisan primary elections for state Court of Appeals and Supreme Court races, but left intact the part of a state law eliminating District Court and Superior Court primaries
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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state Division of Motor Vehicles inspector violated agency policy by improperly collecting pay for a 3 1/2-hour daily commute, costing the state $85,000
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 10:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether you are a North Carolina Democrat who dreams of recapturing your party's longtime control of the state legislature or a North Carolina Republican who dreams of recapturing your party's recent control of the governorship and state supreme court, I would urge you to calibrate your expectations
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2017 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The provision in the state budget that will have the most significant long-term impact on the fiscal health of our state government is making few headlines
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Members of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement met for the first time Friday after the N.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday afternoon temporarily reinstated legislation merging the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein have taken steps to withdraw the state's petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court of State of North Carolina V. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed an emergency motion with the state Supreme Court petitioning for reinstatement of a preliminary injunction or issuance of a stay blocking a Court of Appeals ruling to allow the merger of the state Board of Elections and Ethics Commission to proceed
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2017 @ 1:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In July 2016, the NC State Treasurer released annual performance figures for the N.C. pension fund, which is responsible for the retirement assets of nearly one million of our state's teachers, state/local employees, law enforcement, firefighters, rescue workers and National Guard members.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 7:47 pm
By: Russell Allen
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On June 7, 2016, the State of North Carolina held its primary election for the North Carolina Supreme and Superior Court, as well as the United States House of Representatives
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2016 @ 11:16 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Council of State unanimously approved a resolution today for the issuance and sale of $200 million in bonds to support the Connect NC investments in our state's education, parks, National Guard, and water and sewer infrastructure
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 @ 9:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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As part of Governor Pat McCrory's commitment to a healthy North Carolina, the Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging North Carolinians to test their homes for radon
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2016 @ 9:16 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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