A Wake County Superior Court judge has rejected Republican groups’ request for a temporary restraining order against North Carolina’s state elections board. GOP critics wanted to block election officials from counting the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's digital identification as a valid voter ID for the fall election.
The fact that both businesses and workers are flocking to "best for business" states and fleeing "best for workers" ones is a major hint on which metric matters more.
A teenage girl slammed the Wake County Public School System during a board meeting on Tuesday and announced her departure from the school district after she was forced to read graphic sexual material in her English class last week.
North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. Sources with direct knowledge have spoken with Carolina Journal on the condition of anonymity and said that Robinson is under pressure from staff and members of the Trump campaign to withdraw from the governor's race due to the nature of the story, which they say involves activity on elicit websites in the early 2000s.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-OH, delivered remarks to supporters and answered questions from the press in Raleigh Wednesday afternoon. The running mate of former President Donald Trump took the stage at Union Station in the capital city, criticized the economic policies of the Biden-Harris administration, vowed to reinvigorate the economy in a...
As displayed in the Civitas Partisan Index, key Senate races include suburban districts around Raleigh, particularly Districts 11, 13, and 18, and toss-up District 42 outside Charlotte.
With the general election less than seven weeks away, a new poll of likely voters in North Carolina shows Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are virtually tied. Trump commands 45.6% of the vote, while Harris is close behind with 45.3%, according to the latest Carolina Journal poll.
The Democratic National Committee and a group working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm both hope to intervene in Republicans’ challenge of newly approved voter identification for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. State elections officials have approved UNC digital IDs to serve as voter IDs for the upcoming election.
Murphy sends letter to Treasury Secretary on foreign land sales.
Wake County’s district attorney would not charge a Libertarian voter with a crime for taking a “ballot selfie” at the polls this fall, according to a federal court filing this week. DA Lorrin Freeman offered that pledge as she and state and local election officials filed paperwork objecting to Susan Hogarth’s request for an injunction blocking the state’s ban on ballot selfies. A hearing is scheduled Oct. 7.
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses issues important to North Carolina voters in 2024. King offered these comments during the Sept. 6, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Lawmakers to vote on budget changes including ICE and opportunity scholarships.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections is asking the state Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling removing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from the state’s election ballot. State board lawyers filed paperwork with the high court Friday afternoon, hours after a unanimous three-judge state Appeals Court panel ruled in Kennedy’s favor.
Brianna Kraemer, Carolina Journal reporter, discusses the Flagstock ’24 celebration for University of North Carolina fraternity brothers who protected the American flag during an anti-Israel protest last spring. Kraemer offered these comments during a Sept. 3, 2024, interview with One America News Network.
Local and statewide candidates interested in making NC the freest, most prosperous state in the Union would do well to examine bold solutions like this compact.
Many NC voters unaware of critical election protections
AI in NC? Only if there’s power.
Federal funds are going away
On Friday, the campaign touted victories against DNC challenges in Maine, New Jersey, and North Carolina, calling the partisan legal efforts "frivolous and often comical." Groups aligned with the DNC, such as the super PAC Clear Choice Action, have filed challenges to prevent Kennedy from appearing on the presidential ticket in the lead-up to the November election.
On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump made a campaign stop in Asheville, North Carolina to address an enthusiastic crowd at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. In the speech, Trump focused on key policy issues of his campaign, specifically the impact of inflation on families and businesses and how the rising cost of energy is driving up the price of groceries and housing.
This week on the Debrief, Vice President Kamala Harris taps a running mate, the North Carolina State Board of Elections is investigating Elon Musk's PAC, Duke Energy slapped for anti-competitive practices, and UNC-Chapel Hill gets a new chancellor.
High energy and crowds filled the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte Wednesday as Trump took the stage. Rally goers also heard from NC House Speaker Tim Moore, National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, Congressmen Dan Bishop and Richard Hudson, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, and former NASCAR driver Richard Childress.
