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The North Carolina State Board of Elections has tried to illegally restrict election observers several times recently. Vagueness both in state law and in regulations increases the potential for conflict…
House Bill 816, would address two problems with current election administration practice and make our elections more transparent.
A bill in the General Assembly would reduce the maximum number of early voting days in North Carolina from 17 to eight. Reducing early voting has little to no impact…
After months of anticipation, piles of money spent, endless TV commercials watched and too many visits from candidates to count, the 2020 election is finally here. Several of my colleagues…
*Updated with Sen Wells’ comments to the GSC. With everyone’s attention on COVID-19 for the last several weeks, you may have missed an important meeting of the General Statutes Commission. This is…
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.…
As the legislature hunkers down to re-draw some of the House and Senate districts to comply with the recent Common Cause three-judge decision which claimed “extreme” partisan gerrymandering, new maps…
Executive Summary In 2017, North Carolinians were alerted to the discharge of a relatively new, unregulated chemical compound called “GenX” as well as other, similar compounds in the Cape Fear…
Cronyism got a boost last week in the General Assembly. Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal: State Rep. Ted Davis, R-New Hanover, bucked conservative critics who strenuously objected to making…
Accountability is sorely missing in the issue of film grants. It's one of those issues where special interests win out easily over working people and small local business enterprises who…
Here is the text of the press release sent out on Tuesday, September 8th at 6:30pm. Sen. Lee & Rep. Davis Announce Increase in Film Grant to $30 million Raleigh,…
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…