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The John Locke Foundation releases an updated Civitas Partisan Index on court-ordered legislative maps
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly did not conduct any public business this week.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's much easier for unelected bureaucrats to make rules than for elected legislators to pass laws, and that's a problem
Published: Saturday, March 5th, 2022 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives wants colleagues to override the governor’s veto of a bill ending school mask mandates. It would mark the first time in a year that lawmakers have tried to overturn a gubernatorial veto.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Parents across North Carolina want their voices heard on what’s best for their children, especially after two years of lockdowns, mask mandates, and changing curriculum.
Published: Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 10:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed the Free the Smiles Act. The bipartisan measure would have blocked mandatory mask policies in N.C. schools.
Published: Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 8:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law:
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 9:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. House and Senate gave final approval to redrawn or remedial legislative electoral maps Thursday, after last-minute adjustments delayed the Senate session several times.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 9:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia, might be America’s most interesting personality, and is surely one of its wisest and noblest characters.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 11:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill to delay North Carolina’s primary election by three weeks. It represents Cooper’s first veto this year and the record-extending 70th veto of his tenure as governor.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the following bill: House Bill 605
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 2:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It was my vision, my words, North Carolina's problem, the general assembly's senate initiative, and our state's Democratic Governor's negligence in favor of political expediency, and Beaufort County's Commissioners just can't make a suitable stand to do what is right.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 11:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Who among us truly cares enough to reverse this malaise that I predict will continue to fester into our largest unwelcome worry for this new generation of children, rising up, if immediate action to remedy this impossible course of utter inaction is not reclaimed. from apathy?
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 10:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 9:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper signed three bills into law Thursday, Dec. 9, but also vetoed three bills.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 9:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law.
Published: Monday, December 13th, 2021 @ 12:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The last puzzle pieces of a new budget are finally coming together, as both the House and the Senate passed the $25.9 billion budget for the biennium. It is now headed to Gov. Roy Cooper, who announced earlier this week that he intends to sign it.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Senate Republicans have landed their top two recruits for two newly-drawn Wake County Senate seats that are critical to GOP efforts to win a supermajority in the Senate in 2022.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly is expected to being voting Tuesday on the newly-released 2021-23 conference budget.
Published: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A retired Union County judge is trying to leapfrog the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly by ordering a $1.7 billion transfer from the state’s coffers to fund public education.
Published: Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 @ 6:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has vetoed a bill to limit his powers as a governor, as well as the power of his successors.
Published: Friday, November 26th, 2021 @ 12:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he will sign the first budget from the General Assembly since he took office in 2017. The announcement came in a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 16, and before the first vote from the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House in a concurrence vote passed House Bill 264, Emergency Powers Accountability Act, 66-44, on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Specifically, the legislation requires the governor to get concurrence from the Council of State for an emergency declaration lasting more than seven days.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Veto of HB 264 – The Emergency Powers Accountability Act
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 1:04 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill designed to block the state attorney general from entering collusive lawsuit settlements. It’s Cooper’s 11th veto this year and No. 64 since he took office in 2017.
Published: Friday, November 5th, 2021 @ 4:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has pulled out his veto stamp again to reject bills dealing with public school indoctrination and penalties for rioting. Cooper now has vetoed 10 bills this year and 63 bills since becoming governor in 2017.
Published: Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 1:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has signed House Bill 890, omnibus legislation to make changes to laws governing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission.
Published: Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 11:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a measure that would keep charitable donors' personal information private.
Published: Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the most hotly debated bills of the legislative section cleared its final hurdle Wednesday, Sept. 1, and now heads to Gov. Roy Cooper, who could add the measure to his growing list of vetoes.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal recently reported on the second quarter federal fundraising numbers for declared U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The following article was written by my friend Marcus Karachun and published in Big League Politics on July 28.
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 4:15 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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