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A pro-charter schools group in North Carolina is calling out Gov. Roy Cooper for factual errors in his veto message of a new charter schools bill.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, both chambers of the state legislature sent House Bill 259, the state budget, to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk for his signature.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 11:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 9:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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Here is a copy of the email I sent to ALL NC House reps.
Published: Saturday, July 31st, 2021 @ 5:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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State Auditor Beth Wood says passage of her agency bill to help clean up local governments’ slipshod financial bookkeeping is a major win for taxpayers across the state.
Published: Saturday, June 1st, 2019 @ 8:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Cooper vetoed House Bill 205
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 @ 3:17 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Do you remember the public discussions which went on for years about the proposed equal rights amendment to our federal Constitution?
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 12:26 pm
By: Publius Huldah
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Proponents of Charlotte's controversial "bathroom" ordinance - including the city's attorney - claim that stripping a 1985 facilities privacy provision from the city code was of no consequence.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 6:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civitas Action has released its annual Conservative Effectiveness Rankings of North Carolina state lawmakers for 2016.
Published: Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 @ 9:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina will not stand by and let our locker rooms and high school showers be used for social experimentation at the expense of the privacy and protection of our young boys and girls.
Published: Saturday, May 14th, 2016 @ 6:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Don't you hate it when you read a story in a newspaper or online, or watch a news report on TV, and the reporter seems to have completely missed the essential question?
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 3:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Kellie Fiedorek regarding North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s lawsuit filed Monday against the U.S. Department of Justice concerning the state’s student privacy law, known as HB2.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The raging debate over House Bill 2 won't end and has become a political football, only this is a not a game. Regardless of who started the fight or is continuing it, the plain and simple truth is that HB2 is damaging North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 6:12 am
By: Tom Campbell
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In contrast, the Attorney General is using divisive rhetoric to advance the Obama administration's strategy of making laws that bypass the constitutional authority of Congress and our courts.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 5:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rocker Bruce Springsteen, a.k.a. "The Boss", will not perform in North Carolina as long as the state enacts legislation (HB 2) to protect children from being forced to use bathrooms and locker rooms with people of the opposite sex.
Published: Sunday, May 1st, 2016 @ 1:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Regardless of one's opinion on HB 2, it cannot overshadow or remotely counteract what North Carolina has done legislatively over the last five years to become one of the most attractive places in the country to do business, invest, live, raise a family, and retire. Since Republicans took control...
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 11:59 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Is there any way for the opposing sides debating North Carolina's House Bill 2 to move beyond the current impasse? The odds may be against it
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 @ 4:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does the new bill limit or prohibit private sector companies from adopting their own nondiscrimination policies or practices?
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 12:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's interesting that Gov. McCrory is taking heat for the passage of the so-called "bathroom bill." He was opposed to the idea of a special session.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 1:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory's office issued the following statement on the governor's meeting about the bathroom privacy law.
Published: Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law today.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 12:39 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the following bills into law.
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2015 @ 1:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Liberal/progressive legislators look to add yet another official form of identification to the already lengthy list of acceptable voter photo IDs with HB 240. This bill would amend the list of acceptable voter photo IDs to include college and university ID's when the new voter ID law goes into...
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Big government "progressives" love telling other people what to do (and spending other people's money). It's all about control, as a central tenant of progressivism is a strong central state controlling what should be free, voluntary associations between citizens.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 7:51 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory signed six bills into law today
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 4:25 am
By: Chris Downey
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What do President Barack Obama and a growing number of Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly have in common? The answer - their love of major solar energy companies - Big Solar, for short.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 4:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce sponsored a health care breakfast panel where three North Carolina hospital CEOs talked about how competition brings out the best in their health systems. Competition is healthy. Competition is a beautiful thing.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's been a little over one week since the House filed HB 200, which would loosen up the state's Certificate of Need (CON) law - a regulatory burden requiring medical providers to ask permission from the state and their competitors before expanding their businesses.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 9:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A meeting was held in Edenton on Nov 22 in order that local citizens will understand the benefits, or detriments, to the community regarding wind farms.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Woodard
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Governor Pat McCrory signed 18 bills today, including.
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 @ 10:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bill this morning.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week's Bad Bill of the Week has the intention of removing a barrier to employment opportunities for people with a criminal record, but like previous Bad Bills relating to employment, this one has unintended consequences that must be pointed out.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 12:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory signed 56 bills today.
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2013 @ 7:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, I got my bill from Duke Energy Progress, or whatever it is this week. I sure was glad that by paying it I was helping out the beleaguered pig farmers of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013 @ 9:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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