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As a public policy organization, the John Locke Foundation polls, examines and opines on political races as a means to an end. The end being sound public policy that encourages responsible citizens, strong families, and successful communities committed to individual liberty and limited, constitutional government. No one person nor political party has all the answers → Read More
North Carolina’s state auditor, Democrat Beth A. Wood, has been charged with hit and run and leaving the scene of an accident. She was also cited for unsafe movement, according to Wake County arrest records. Wood is scheduled to appear in Wake County Superior Court on January 26th. → Read More
As soon as first-term Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson made the surprise announcement that he would not run again, Guilford County state Rep. Jon Hardister, a Republican, began hearing from supporters that he should consider the role. Contacted this week, Hardister told CJ he is highly motivated to seek the position after a successful decade in → Read More
National Guard will seek the GOP nomination for State Supreme Court in 2024. → Read More
After a week mired in controversy over comments linking fellow Republican lawmakers to cocaine-fueled sex parties, western N.C. 11th District U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn issued a statement blaming the media for misconstruing his words. “Corruption and unethical activities exist in Washington,” Cawthorn tweeted. “It’s an indisputable fact. If you don’t think that’s true, you’ve not […] → Read More
Legislative Republicans filed an emergency motion on Monday in Wake County Superior Court seeking to block two liberal professors from helping review revised congressional and legislative maps. The professors from Princeton and Brigham Young universities were assigned to help three special masters review technical aspects of the maps for a three-judge Superior Court panel, but […] → Read More
The North Carolina State House passed a bipartisan redistricting map to reapportion North Carolina’s 120 state House seats. The measure passed with strong support on both sides of the aisle, 115-5, after the approval of six amendments, most of which were offered by House Minority Leader Robert Reives, D-Chatham. The State Senate is expected to […] → Read More
Democrats are likely to fare well in the court-ordered redraw of North Carolina’s congressional maps. Multiple sources tell Carolina Journal that new bipartisan congressional maps would result in seven solid GOP seats, five solid Democrat seats, and two swing districts. The General Assembly must approve new congressional and legislative maps by Friday to meet a […] → Read More
The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on the blockbuster redistricting case. The court has set aside extra time for both sides to make their arguments. The 4-3 Democrat-controlled court will have to answer a few key questions: Will the Supreme Court reverse a three-judge panel’s holding that questions of partisanship in redistricting […] → Read More
In advance of this week’s arguments before the state Supreme Court, attorneys for Republicans at the N.C. General Assembly have filed their brief with the court in support of upholding recently enacted legislative and congressional districting maps as constitutional. Democrat-aligned groups are suing over the maps. They ask the court to find for the first […] → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Former Wilson County N.C. Sen. Buck Newton, the Republican nominee for state attorney general in 2016, is likely to run for public office in 2022, Newton confirmed in an interview with Carolina Journal. Newton won N.C. Senate District 11 in 2010, winning re-election in 2012 and 2014. Newton is an attorney by trade. In 2016, Newton was […] → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More
Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy. → Read More