North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood announced Wednesday at the end of a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing that she is not seeking re-election in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) officially appointed three new members, who will serve four-year terms, and selected a new chairman.
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a trio of rulings Friday, the N.C. Supreme Court restored the state's voter ID law, took state courts out of partisan gerrymandering disputes, and ended voting for felons who have not completed their sentences.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 5:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former President Donald Trump, former Vice-President Mike Pence, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are among those who will be speaking at the N.C. Republican Party State Convention in Greensboro next month.
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2023 @ 8:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood pleaded guilty today to a hit-and-run charge for a December accident involving a state-owned vehicle in Wake County Court.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court heard fresh arguments in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case Tuesday. The court, with a new 5-2 Republican majority, could reverse a December decision from the old court's 4-3 Democratic majority.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has denied the N.C. Republican Party's request to file a friend-of-the-court brief in a casing dealing with voter ID.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new court date has been set for North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood, who was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident on Dec. 8 in downtown Raleigh.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 10:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s State Auditor Beth Wood released a statement Jan. 23 apologizing for a hit-and-run accident in December that resulted in her state-owned vehicle partially sitting atop another parked car.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge in North Carolina has rejected former top political donor Greg Lindberg's request to end his GPS monitoring. Lindberg is awaiting a new trial on federal fraud and bribery charges.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 4:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, R-NC13, along with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, joined former Trump administration officials on Oct. 17 in Charlotte for a discussion forum on national security issues currently facing the United States.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 12:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled Dec. 7 for oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, the N.C. redistricting case that has attracted national attention.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 3:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Themes on the importance of faith in the public square and optimism about the future in the face of adversity highlighted the NC Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 5th annual Salt & Light conference, held at Freedom House Church in Charlotte on Sept. 23 and 24.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 9:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A lawsuit filed by The Republican National Committee, the N.C. Republican Party, and Clay County GOP Chair Barbara Deas over state election rules comes just as early voting by mail began Thursday, Sept. 8.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2022 @ 8:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thirteen states have filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting N.C. lawmakers' arguments in a redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Elections voted along party lines at their board meeting Thursday to reject a request from the NCGOP to have county boards of elections compare absentee ballot signatures with those that they have on file.
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 8:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg will get a new trial on charges of bribery and fraud.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Protestors gathered in some of N.C.’s larger cities over the weekend to voice their opposition to Friday’s 6-3 decision in which the court upheld a law in Mississippi that prohibited the abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 8:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the precedent surrounding abortion law in the United States that guaranteed women access to abortions through a constitutional right to privacy.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 9:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Edzell Lowry knows firsthand about rising gas prices. He owns Sun-Do gas station in Pembroke.
Published: Monday, April 11th, 2022 @ 8:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite not appearing on the ballot in 2022, North Carolina’s first black lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, has been the focus of a week’s worth of negative stories from the mainstream press.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group that works to elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate and an election watchdog group are offering their support to North Carolina’s challenged voter ID law.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Senator Norman W. Sanderson (R-District 2) of Pamlico County was honored by the North Carolina Republican Party by being inducted into the party’s statewide Hall of Fame during its 20th biennial awards banquet in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 11:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Third-quarter fundraising numbers for U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina show little separation between the Republican front-runners, former Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former State Senator Andy Wells, R-Catawba, who lost a primary challenge to Lt. Gov. to Mark Robinson, became the highest-profile N.C. Republican to criticize Robinson for his comments calling school library books and curriculum that discuss alternative lifestyles including homosexuality.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 12:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrat Appeals Court Judge Lucy Inman advances state supreme court bid, with no open seat yet.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Election integrity is a top issue for North Carolina voters.
Published: Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 @ 4:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Heading into the 2022 mid-term elections, the N.C. Republican Party will have continuity and unity surrounding its leadership.
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 2:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The way it ought to be
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 9:01 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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New restrictions on poll-watchers proposed by the State Board of Elections would make the logistics of maintaining election integrity much more difficult for N.C. political parties.
Published: Saturday, February 27th, 2021 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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