On Monday, the state Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee passed S.B. 757, which could become the lines for North Carolina’s fourteen U.S. Congressional districts.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Climate initiatives laid out in President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) come with a bigger price tag than anticipated: over $400 billion more, per the latest estimates.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 7:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A federal court has issued an injunction against a small part of SB 747, which recently became law and would further strengthen the security of elections in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 7:04 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Democratic National Committee launched four billboards in Grand Rapids, Michigan, targeting independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his Super PAC, American Values 2024, taking donations from a former Trump mega-donor.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 3:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The $2 billion will go to things like tutoring.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 2:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper is criticizing Superior Court judges for not holding an immediate hearing on his request to block new state appointments laws.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans Slam Biden Admin For Saying ICE Will Reduce Deportations If GOP Doesn’t Pass Border BillTop Republicans fired back at the White House this week after the Biden administration threatened that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would deport fewer illegal aliens if Republicans did not pass the Senate’s controversial border bill.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 12:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said during an interview this week that in his nearly thirty years serving in the agency, the border has never been secure.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 11:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill early Tuesday morning that allocates money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The bill passed on a 70-29 vote, with over half of Senate Republicans voting against the measure.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 12:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is reportedly urging Republicans in the Senate to vote against a border bill that was unveiled in the Democrat-controlled chamber on Monday.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 11:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shot down a longshot measure on Monday night that would use Florida taxpayer money to pay for former President Donald Trump’s legal bills.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 6:15 pm
By: Daily Wire
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An attorney and business owner from Salisbury, Rowan County, has joined the growing list of contenders for the GOP nomination for governor in North Carolina in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd has introduced legislation in Congress that would limit children’s access to problematic social media platforms like TikTok at schools that receive federal broadband funding.
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2024 @ 10:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"Abortion is not healthcare."
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 1:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed another lawsuit in state court against North Carolina's top legislative leaders. This one targets a new creating an eight-member state elections board with an even split between Democrats and Republicans.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia threatened to sue the state over a bill expanding the number of crimes requiring cash bail.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 12:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ripped the Senate’s proposed border bill during an interview on Monday night, saying that it would “actually further incentivize illegal immigration.”
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 8:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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As scores of previously sealed court filings regarding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are about to be made public, a report states that former President Bill Clinton is mentioned in more than 50 of the redacted filings.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Top House Republicans shot down the border bill that was unveiled in the U.S. Senate on Monday, saying that it was dead on arrival if it makes it to the lower chamber of Congress.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The GOP-led House voted on Thursday to pass another short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown over the objection of a group of conservative members who were angling to get border security reforms attached and rein in the national debt.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Thursday, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed two bills that support women and families facing an unplanned pregnancy: the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act and The Pregnant Students’ Rights Act.
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 9:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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Within the first couple hours of the Sunday release of a Senate bill coupling border security reforms with aid for U.S. allies, such as Ukraine and Israel, critics quickly began to highlight the words of one of the legislation’s architects as a reason to reject the 370-page measure
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 8:48 am
By: Daily Wire
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Former comedy legend and prolific rapist Bill Cosby announced outside his home this week that he has officially joined the terrorist group Hamas in an apparent attempt to convince progressive feminists to stop criticizing his raping behavior.
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2024 @ 8:12 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pushed House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday to reject a spending bill from the Senate that fails to make what he said are significant enough changes that could help end President Joe Biden’s historic illegal immigration crisis on the southern border.
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2024 @ 8:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The GOP-led House failed on Tuesday to pass a bill to approve a $17.6 billion Israel aid package that does not include an offset that was tucked into a similar measure the chamber approved last year.
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2024 @ 6:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 747, “An Act to Make Various Changes Regarding Election Law,” on October 10. The party-line votes were 30-19 in the Senate and 72-44 in the House.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 6:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) raised eyebrows when he vetoed House Bill 68 on Friday — a measure that would have prevented biological males from participating in women’s athletics and barred doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 12:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Tuesday, following seven votes on other bills, the North Carolina House introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas for the terrorist attacks and vowing to support Israel.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 11:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) vetoed legislation Friday that would have banned gender procedures for minors and prevented boys who identify as girls from competing in girls’ sports.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 4:15 am
By: Daily Wire
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Former President Donald Trump slammed Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) after he vetoed a law that would have banned transgender surgeries on children.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 11:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Tuesday, the North Carolina General Assembly overrode five bills that had been vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper. Since the legislature held its first override vote in March, there have been a total of 19 veto overrides this year.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the North Carolina General Assembly are back in Raleigh Tuesday to vote on overriding another round of vetoes from Governor Roy Cooper.
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2024 @ 6:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Combined net worth of nation's most prominent billionaires wouldn't cover a single year's interest payment, analysis shows
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2024 @ 1:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to suitably report billions of dollars in fiscal 2022 spending, the agency’s inspector general determined, prompting condemnation from GOP lawmakers.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 11:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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