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Two Republican Parties in Beaufort County – The Right Hand does not know what the Left Hand is doingAn at-large system is better than single-member districts. A District system would cut your vote in half.
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Rather than being a sign of gerrymandering, districts that wrap around cities indicate respect for municipal boundaries and communities of interest
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One day after Carolina Journal first broke the news, North Carolina’s westernmost member of the U.S. House, Congressman Madison Cawthorn, confirmed via video in a tweet he will run in a different congressional district than the one he currently represents.
Published: Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 @ 5:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Supporters of Madison Cawthorn have conducted a poll in the newly-drawn 13th Congressional District, a district east of his current one that includes part of Mecklenburg County, with all of Gaston, Polk, Rutherford, McDowell and Burke.
Published: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 @ 12:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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likely violates recent court decisions
Published: Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Steed
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but current districts are racially gerrymandered
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Steed
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When our General Assembly convened January 13th for the 2021 session, they had two main tasks: passing a state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and drawing new districts for congressional, legislative and local governments.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 12:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Public school districts in North Carolina have received about $5.3 billion in COVID-related relief from the federal government.
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 4:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This Should Be the Roadmap For NC
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 10:17 am
By: John Woodard
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Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a source of friction between the president and some of his presumed congressional allies.
Published: Friday, June 11th, 2021 @ 8:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced two new judicial appointments to Judicial Districts 13 and 20A, which serve Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties and Stanly and Montgomery counties, respectively.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 11:14 am
By: Governor's Office
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Last year, a Superior Court panel in North Carolina declared the state’s congressional districts an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With school districts shutdown everywhere because of the covid-19 pandemic, "When will our schools rep-open again?" Is a question that on everyone’s minds all across this country.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 6:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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To limit the spread of coronavirus, public schools have been closed across North Carolina and the nation.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 11:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Congress is working toward a third major COVID-19 relief bill including provisions tackling economic and education challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 8:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Not all pictures are worth a thousand words. But the picture of North Carolina’s new congressional map tells an important story.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel unanimously upheld North Carolina’s new congressional districts, just in time for 2020 candidates to start filing.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Supreme Court rejects call to review legislative districts, so they're set for next year's election
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 @ 10:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For several North Carolina counties, the General Assembly’s new election maps may misrepresent the actual population counts by around 20%.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the map drawing progresses in the General Assembly in the wake of the Harper v Lewis preliminary injunction, all of the maps so far produced by members of the Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting have either an 8-5 or 7-6 likely split in favor of Republicans.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 2:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina General Assembly passed a new set of congressional districts today. Within an hour, the same Democratic organization that had sued against the previous map said that they would sue over the new map as well.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 2:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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N.C. lawmakers so far have spent two days huddled around computers in a garishly lit legislative committee room, working to fit the puzzle pieces in what will become newly redrawn congressional districts.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Go ahead and try to “Sue ‘til you’re blue.” That’s what leading Republicans said to the Democrats going to court over partisan gerrymanders in North Carolina’s 13 congressional districts.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge N.C. Superior Court panel has tossed out North Carolina’s election maps for state House and Senate districts. The court has ordered state lawmakers to draw new maps in two weeks.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Most debate about gerrymandering reform focuses on partisan outcomes. Reformers argue that objectionable election maps favor one major political party while hurting the other.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 3:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There’s no magic bullet. N.C. lawmakers admit as much when they discuss ways to boost student achievement in school districts labeled “predominantly disadvantaged.”
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Once again teachers will descend on the state capital to call for more public school funding, Medicaid expansion, and a $15 minimum wage for all school workers.
Published: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 @ 1:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican Rep.-elect Mark Harris says he expects a state court will certify him the winner of the disputed 9th U.S. Congressional District election.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2019 @ 3:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State lawmakers who want to see more bang for North Carolina's education bucks ought to consider shifting more spending decisions to the local level
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers aren't likely to split up North Carolina's largest school districts any time soon
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units took a detour from talking about district size to explore innovative programs across the state
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 1:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A committee studying school district divisions has raised more questions so far than it has answered.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Soil and Water Conservation District's Board of Supervisors has scheduled a special called meeting for Monday, March 5, 2018 at 6:00 P.M. in the SWCD/FSA conference room located in the Agricultural Center at 155 Airport Road, Washington, NC
Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2018 @ 3:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Courts have been dealing with gerrymandering - the redrawing of legislative district lines to further a particular political interest - for more than 50 years
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 @ 6:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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