On Monday afternoon Jones sent a letter to legislators saying "We welcome the opportunity to testify on this topic, concerns raised about the SBI and the consequences of the General Assembly’s efforts to remove normal oversight of the Bureau."
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 12:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Longtime college basketball commentator Billy Packer died Thursday night at age 82. While most people remember Packer for his role in the sports world, Carolina Journal readers might remember his battle with state environmental regulators, documented by executive editor Don Carrington in May 2011.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has ruled against the former Kinston Charter Academy and its leader in a dispute involving state funding tied to inflated enrollment projections.
Published: Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Executive Order No. 208 paves way for review mechanism of juvenile sentences
Published: Sunday, April 11th, 2021 @ 9:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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This morning, the North Carolina Republican Party held a press conference laying out the problems with the Ninth Congressional District investigation in specific detail.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tracing the ownership of the land hosting a Nash County solar farm built on a former cow pasture is complicated business
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The final footnote of decades-long legal battles over coastal land adjacent to Hammocks Beach State Park in Onslow County ended Tuesday when the state released a master plan expanding the park
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 3:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After Republican Pat McCrory was elected Governor in 2012, North Carolina's well-organized Left-wing nonprofit policy groups met to map out an attack strategy
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 7:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Voter ID is dead in North Carolina...or is it? U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' pronouncement on the matter raises many questions, and whereas opponents of the 2013 Voter ID law were quick to celebrate victory, they might have been premature
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 @ 9:21 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Here's a recount of the twists and turns of House Bill 2, the infamous "bathroom bill."
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s selection for chief deputy attorney general wrote a legal memo supporting “contingency funds” that were outside legislative oversight in an opinion that seemed to be at odds with his boss at the time, Roy Cooper, who now is North Carolina’s governor
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2017 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In this age of cronyism and meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss partisan turnstile D.C. politics, maybe it really does take an "outsider" executive to give up power voluntarily
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper claims to have won the governor's race, incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory says votes remain uncounted that could reverse Cooper's razor-thin margin, and several Council of State races swung from Democratic to GOP control in Tuesday's historic general electi
Published: Sunday, January 1st, 2017 @ 7:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an effort to point out the blatant hypocrisy of Democrats and their allies, today the NCGOP called on Roy Cooper, legislative Democrats, and their protesting allies to condemn the long history of Democrat partisan power grabs to limit Republican power following elections
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 4:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an attempt to prevent a repeat of the disruption and delays that ensued in this year's governor's race, General Assembly leaders plan to introduce a constitutional amendment that would allow Council of State candidates to choose, in order of their vote totals
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2016 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a video message released at noon Monday, Gov. Pat McCrory conceded the 2016 election to Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh attorney Gene Boyce told Carolina Journal that his efforts to get the courts to rule on a dispute he is having with the North Carolina State Bar, the state agency that regulates attorneys, is important because it has implications for other licensing boards and the occupations they regulate.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 4:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a 3-2 party-line vote, the State Board of Elections on Wednesday ordered a machine recount of more than 90,000 ballots that were reported late on election night
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Bob Rucho, chairman of the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee, on Wednesday afternoon called Gov. Pat McCrory's challenge to the election results, which now show him trailing by more than 10,000 votes, a principled stand to ensure North Carolina voters that elections are fair
Published: Thursday, December 1st, 2016 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the second consecutive Sunday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections held an emergency meeting by conference call to take up challenges to the handling of the Nov. 8 election at the county level
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon, the State Board of Elections voted to meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to establish legal guidelines for counties to resolve complaints about ballot challenges in the Nov. 8 election
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 3:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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By a 2-1 party-line vote that had racial undertones, the Durham County Board of Elections approved a challenge to its vote-tallying process that Thomas Stark, a lawyer and Durham County resident, believes might have been corrupted by software limitations in voting machines that couldn't accept the v
Published: Saturday, November 19th, 2016 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If Attorney General Roy Cooper's election day lead over incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory eventually becomes a victory, the incoming Democrat will face an incredibly difficult challenge in pushing any of his agenda through a GOP-dominated General Assembly, election analysts say
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The problems in Durham County on Election Night have been resolved, but much work remains leading up to the Nov. 18 county canvass and the statewide canvass 11 days later
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper has a lead of roughly 5,000 votes in his attempt to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, and Cooper was quick to claim victory Tuesday night, telling supporters
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A stunning election night ended with several election races - including the contest for governor - unresolved, even as Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr scored significant victories and the GOP retained its supermajority status in the General Assembly
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"I spent 17 years in prison for a murder that I did not commit..."
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 8:23 pm
By: Russell Allen
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On October 18, the Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) filed suit against Roy Cooper in his capacity as North Carolina attorney general, alleging he illegally diverted money from public education to special interest groups.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 4:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The McCrory campaign's newest radio ad, "Downfall," shines a spotlight on Roy Cooper's lack of transparency in his 16 years as attorney general, tying him to Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A lawsuit filed by the president of a conservative policy organization says the North Carolina Constitution requires payments from a 2000 agreement between pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. and the North Carolina Department of Justice go to public schools
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2016 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump "is Clinton's to lose at this point," and Democratic state Attorney General Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal government yesterday confirmed that Obamacare plans will see a double digit increase, a major blow to the healthcare law still supported by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 @ 3:46 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is the chief law enforcement officer of North Carolina, lied to voters when he falsely claimed Governor McCrory was the subject of a FBI criminal investigation.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 1:34 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) today has filed suit against Roy Cooper in his capacity as North Carolina Attorney General alleging that he illegally funneled settlement money to special interest groups.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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