both sides have outside backers but who are they?
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 10:58 am
By: John Steed
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Boss Berger is the money behind Bob Brinson and he is turning dirty
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 @ 8:36 pm
By: John Steed
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The new fall season in North Carolina is not only ushering in a change in the weather but a possible change in redistricting for the state as well.
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2024 @ 9:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that allows the non-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Delta Dental to reorganize and create a holding company for billions in surplus revenue.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 3:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate Republicans unveiled a budget proposal that allocates $1.425 billion to NCInnovation
Published: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 @ 9:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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All families in North Carolina would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship Program under a bill that moved through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 11:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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why is he spending money when no one else is on ballot for NC Senate?
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2022 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Steed
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A recent statewide survey in North Carolina of 800 Republican primary voters found that former Gov. Pat McCrory is maintaining a strong lead over all Republican primary opponents.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 11:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This news release from N.C. Senate Republicans arrived this morning in my in box.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us most here in North Carolina, and is distilled for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video.
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 7:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A co-chairman of the N.C. Senate’s redistricting committee is drawing attention to a national Democratic operative’s lead role in drawing alternative election maps for North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 7:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With N.C. Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson, set to announce a run for North Carolina's westernmost congressional district, NC-14, dominos are already starting to fall in one large western GOP county.
Published: Sunday, December 12th, 2021 @ 9:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Monday, Nov. 29, passed a bill that would ban county boards of elections from accepting private donations to conduct election services or hire election workers. Senators approved Senate Bill 725 by a vote of 27-19.
Published: Friday, December 10th, 2021 @ 8:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday morning issued an order temporarily suspending candidate filing for all U.S House of Representatives, N.C. Senate, and N.C. House contests.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2021 @ 1:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sources connected to the North Carolina House and the North Carolina Senate confirmed to CJ that they have firm commitments from enough Democrats in both chambers of the General Assembly to pass a final compromise with enough votes that Gov. Roy Cooper will either have to sign the budget or allow it
Published: Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 @ 7:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A top N.C. Senate education leader is criticizing Attorney General Josh Stein for his handling of the state’s defense in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit.
Published: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lenoir County was recently joined with Craven and Beaufort counties during the Senate Redistricting process. Previously, Lenoir and Wayne have been grouped together.
Published: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 @ 3:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A unanimous vote in the N.C. House means a “regulatory sandbox” bill is on its way to Gov. Roy Cooper. The new “sandbox” would waive certain obstacles for a trial period for fast-emerging financial and insurance products and services.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate bill that would legalize sports betting on phones and at various venues is stuck in the House, and it may not see action until next year’s session.
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 8:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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HB 951 would soak electric consumers and taxpayers so woke Duke Energy can virtue signal
Published: Monday, August 23rd, 2021 @ 10:59 am
By: John Steed
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why is similar bill stuck in Senate in NC?
Published: Monday, July 12th, 2021 @ 12:45 pm
By: John Steed
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The N.C. Senate rolled out a budget proposal this week that would expand school choice across the state while raising teacher pay and seeking to remedy student learning losses due to closed classrooms because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, July 1st, 2021 @ 7:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation would increase voting access, ban private election funding, and set election day absentee ballot deadline
Published: Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 @ 1:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Unemployed people who get a job would receive a one-time bonus of $1,500 under legislation spearheaded by Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Thursday, June 3, voted not to confirm Dionne Delli-Gatti to lead the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality.
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 10:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Vote sets up a potential compromise version with the House
Published: Sunday, May 9th, 2021 @ 10:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation to expand school choice in North Carolina is on the move in both chambers of the General Assembly, after both the N.C. Senate Education Committee and Rules Committee OK’ed a measure to increase the dollar value of Opportunity Scholarships and open them to more families.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 6:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A measure that would require a healthcare facility to notify patients of any out-of-network care they receive is moving through the Senate.
Published: Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 9:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Families at the lower end of the income scale could end up among the biggest winners if lawmakers adopt the N.C. Senate’s latest tax package.
Published: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 @ 7:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Senate has passed a new version of a bill that would require N.C. sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a similar effort.
Published: Sunday, March 21st, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sen. Kathy Harrington, R-Gaston, doesn’t seem impressed at becoming the first female majority leader of the N.C. Senate.
Published: Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat, announced Saturday on Twitter that she will fill a seat in the N.C. Senate vacated by Sam Searcy, who resigned.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 12:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger announced his endorsement of E.C. Sykes for North Carolina Secretary of State.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2020 @ 6:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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