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Stein, legislative leaders to clash in top NC court on Nov. 10

Gov. Josh Stein and state legislative leaders will offer competing arguments on Nov. 10 before North Carolina’s highest court. The Democratic governor and top Republican lawmakers are battling over state laws that limited Stein’s appointment authority.

Real journalism requires freedom

When the role of journalist is limited only to those who parrot approved messaging, it is no longer journalism but something else — propaganda.

NC charter school law ranks 7th best in nation, report says

North Carolina's charter school law ranks seventh strongest in the nation in the 2026 scorecard from the Center for Education Reform.

AG: Duke residential rate increase is 9.3%, not 6.8%

In an update to a story Carolina Journal published yesterday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson now says a settlement in the Duke Energy Progress rate case would raise residential electric bills about 9.3%, not 6.8% over the next two years.