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In a press conference Thursday, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore announced that an agreement has been reached between the chambers to expand the federal Medicaid entitlement program in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders have asked a federal court to dismiss unaffiliated voters' lawsuit challenging the partisan composition of the State Board of Elections.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein does not oppose state legislative leaders intervening in a lawsuit challenging state restrictions on abortion pills.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative Brief
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 @ 6:38 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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After a decade of fighting it, Republicans agree on the largest entitlement expansion in state history
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative leaders have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit targeting North Carolina's law banning abortion pills.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 11:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Senate bill banning TikTok and other social media platforms on government devices was passed Tuesday in the Senate State and Local Government Committee.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative Brief
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 10:08 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The state controller and legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme court to reinstate a lower court order blocking a forced money transfer in the Leandro case.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 2:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A leading House Republican says the congressional investigation into Hunter Biden is essential to creating a “legislative fix” to prevent unsavory financial entanglements involving the president of the United States.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 8:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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N.C. legislative leaders label Common Cause's latest court filing in a redistricting dispute as "improper" and "meritless."
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Locke's legislative agenda on education is in action in the North Carolina Senate.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Activist group Common Cause labels as "frivolous" the request from N.C. legislative leaders for a state Supreme Court rehearing in a hotly contested redistricting case.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 1:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday morning, North Carolina Democrats held a press conference introducing legislation to codify abortion protections into state law.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 11:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Constitution unequivocally declares, “The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers shall be forever separate and distinct from each other”
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to rehear cases dealing with state election maps and voter ID.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 8:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses top leaders of the N.C. General Assembly for 2023-24.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 1:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders hope the state Supreme Court will hold a new hearing in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is attracting new citizens from all over the country due to its pro-freedom and fiscally responsible policies.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 5:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A presentation to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on Nov. 29 revealed marginal improvements in reading proficiency for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade, although learning loss from pandemic school closures is having an impact, particularly for minority students.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 7:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders submitted their final written arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the Moore v. Harper redistricting case.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 3:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders' redistricting arguments would "wreak havoc" on American elections, according to a new brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court by left-of-center critics.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 1:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Top legislative leaders urge U.S. District Judge William Osteen to dismiss a lawsuit from unaffiliated voters. It challenges a state law limiting membership on the State Board of Elections to Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2022 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers accuse redistricting plaintiffs of trying to "disestablish" the General Assembly's authority to draw state election maps.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue in a new court filing that supporters of felon voting have attacked the wrong state law in a suit now at the state Supreme Court.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 9:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that felon voting supporters are attacking a provision of the state constitution, not the 1973 law that re-enfranchises felons.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Pennsylvania state Senate Republicans are throwing their support behind N.C. legislative leaders in the Moore v. Harper case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders argue that state courts' decision to throw out a congressional election map is "irreconcilable" with the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 6:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders want one set of Leandro plaintiffs dropped from the current appeal to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 11:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Building on President Biden signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law last month, today Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Stefanie Feldman, and Rosie Hidalgo convened a meeting on Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws with state legislative leaders from Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, etc.
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 11:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislative leaders and Leandro plaintiffs offer contrasting arguments to the N.C. Supreme Court in the latest stage of the long-running education funding lawsuit.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 5:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Top N.C. legislative leaders have filed arguments against a court-imposed congressional map, even though they want to drop their appeal against the map.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 1:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders defend their authority over redistricting in a new brief to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Monday, August 1st, 2022 @ 7:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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ADF attorneys file friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of House Speaker, Senate President Pro Tempore
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2022 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Leaders of the N.C. General Assembly question a request for state Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. to recuse himself from the Leandro school funding case.
Published: Monday, July 25th, 2022 @ 12:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers representing N.C. legislative leaders defend a state law that sets out rules for felons to regain their voting rights.
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2022 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders object to a proposed expedited review for a lawsuit challenging voter ID.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders urge N.C. Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls to step away from the Leandro school funding lawsuit. They cite Earls' previous work in the case.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 7:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal against a court-ordered congressional map. The map is valid only for 2022 elections.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The decision allows legislative leaders to defend voter ID themselves instead of just relying on Attorney General Josh Stein
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State legislative leaders argue a trial court's $785 million Leandro spending order exceeds judicial authority over public education.
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 3:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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