I loved when the fair came to town. Rides, good food, exhibits, not to mention the “hoochie koochie” show.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 3:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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As the North Carolina Utilities Commission works on a Carbon Plan that would dramatically shape the state’s energy future, the state grew by 133,088 people in 2022 alone, the third fastest-growing state in the nation.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 7:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Political experts say that Republicans don't necessarily need a supermajority in both chambers to override Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes next year. A handful of moderate Democrats could be convinced to break ranks and side with the GOP.
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 7:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gregory Hahn, a veteran and single father, was jailed by Harnett County Judge Charles Gilchrist for refusing to wear a mask during juror training.
Published: Saturday, November 5th, 2022 @ 8:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. State Budget Director Charlie Perusse will retire Nov. 1 after serving in the role for Democratic Governors Mike Easley, Bev Perdue, and now Roy Cooper. Cooper announced on Monday that Perusse’s successor will be Deputy Budget Director Kristin Walker, who has served in her role since 2017.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2022 @ 10:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, Gov. Roy Cooper and nine other Southern Democrat governors, present and past, signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief in support of UNC Chapel Hill and Harvard in a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding their “race-conscious admissions” policies.
Published: Sunday, August 7th, 2022 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper along with current Governor John Bel Edwards (LA) and former Governors submitted an amicus brief in support of UNC in the United States Supreme Court cases challenging the consideration of race in college admissions at UNC and Harvard.
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 12:27 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A split 2-1 panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has thrown out a case involving the proposed use of Yadkin River dams. The same dams once generated a long-running legal dispute involving state government.
Published: Thursday, October 14th, 2021 @ 3:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed more legislation than all other North Carolina governors combined.
Published: Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 @ 6:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Tim Taylor could scarcely have imagined when he began attending Arapahoe Charter School in 1997, that he would one day come full circle and send his own sons there decades later.
Published: Friday, July 9th, 2021 @ 8:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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“How do you define freedom in one word? The answer to that is choice,” Tim Taylor, Arapahoe Charter School alumni.
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In an unprecedented move, N.C. Senate leaders say they won’t confirm Dionne Delli-Gatti
Published: Sunday, June 6th, 2021 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina remains vulnerable to fuel shortages because it’s too reliant on a pair of pipelines for gas and energy, industry leaders and experts told lawmakers.
Published: Thursday, May 27th, 2021 @ 2:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In public and behind the scenes, there’s a lot of movement on both sides of the aisle as candidates prepare to enter the race to succeed retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, setting up competitive primaries and a general election race in 2022.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 @ 12:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Newby’s election completed a Republican sweep of eight statewide judicial seats, including three at the Supreme Court and five on the Court of Appeals.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just been re-elected.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 12:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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More than one N.C. political battle in recent years has generated a court case titled Cooper v. Berger.
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 12:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As Tears for Fears sang in the 1980s, everybody wants their taxes lower.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s shutdown orders have produced difficult economic times for North Carolina families and businesses.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 @ 4:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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As Carolina Journal has reported, the outcome of the election for three justices on the N.C. Supreme Court may determine whether state government returns to the structure it’s largely followed over the past half-century.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 @ 8:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a $25 billion budget, Wednesday, Aug. 26, to expand Medicaid, increase unemployment benefits, give teachers higher bonuses, and cut funding to Opportunity Scholarships.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2020 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The turmoil surrounding COVID-19 derailed much of the work the General Assembly had done before the pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 @ 6:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thanks to a decade of wise, conservative fiscal policy, North Carolina state government is better positioned financially to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus shutdown.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Lockhart Taylor is out as director of employment security at the N.C. Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 10:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In late March, I wrote about how North Carolina state government is likely better financially prepared than most states for the coronavirus shutdown, and certainly more prepared than it was prior to the Great Recession.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 8:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When the State Board of Education added an audit report during a meeting April 30, state Superintendent Mark Johnson called the decision petty.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 5:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s economic and fiscal health is riding a decade of success.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 9:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As the traditional Tax Day of April 15 approaches, it seems appropriate to reflect on the major victories won by taxpayers over the past decade in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2020 @ 6:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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As North Carolina fights the coronavirus, the General Assembly should take a few simple, smart steps to keep public education on track and the economy afloat, experts say.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The good news: North Carolina state government is better financially prepared for the coming economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic than previous economic crises.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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During Sunshine Week — seven days highlighting the public’s right to know about what happens behind the government’s closed doors — much of North Carolina’s health care system remains in the shade.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 9:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Over at PoliticsNC.com, former political consultant Thomas Mills re-runs the old trope about how low-income North Carolinians pay a higher share of their income in taxes relative to high-income earners.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 1:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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