State Rep. Sarah Stevens (R-Surry, Wilkes) is challenging Justice Anita Earls for her seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Although the race will not determine control of the court…
The State Board of Elections (SBE) has released the mid-year semi-annual campaign finance reports from the two presumptive major party candidates for the 2026 North Carolina Supreme Court race, incumbent…
A bill in the General Assembly would allow some judges who reach the state mandatory retirement age to complete their terms, limiting the disruption of their retirements. North Carolina Judges…
You may remember from School House Rock that the way an idea becomes a law is it is introduced to the legislature as a bill and passed through the legislative…
Rules created by a state agency can carry the full force of law. But in our system of government, legislators are the ones who make law. How are agencies able…
On Monday, Oct. 21, the John Locke Foundation and the Cato Institute co-hosted the “North Carolina Criminal Law Reform Summit” at the Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary, North Carolina.…
Monday, June 17, 2019, Jon Guze, director of legal studies for the John Locke Foundation and Bill Rowe, general counsel and deputy director of advocacy for the progressive N.C. Justice Center, put…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way reports: As North Carolina’s population ages, and demands for health care rise, nurses need the freedom to do more. A bipartisan group of lawmakers made that…
House Republicans have nominated Rep. Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, for a second term as speaker. The vote among the GOP caucus was unanimous, according to a press report from Moore’s office.…
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
When the News & Observer runs an Associated Press headline like “NC House candidate apologizes for 2 DWI charges,” you know the “candidate” has to be a Democrat. [Randy] Wolfe,…
The House Judiciary I committee considers Senate Bill 461, NC Racial Justice Act. Chairman Ross calls this “the main event” of today’s meeting. Staffers from Speaker Hackney’s office are in…