A special legislative investigative panel wants to know if Gov. Roy Cooper was in line to benefit personally from solar energy companies by creating a $57.8 million “slush fund” paid for by Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers. Shortly before the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations subcommittee…
The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors awarded thousands of dollars in raises to 10 of the system’s 17 chancellors. Several who didn’t get a boost are notable. One is UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt, who took office in July 2013. Folt is eligible…
Democrats gained a 5-2 advantage on the North Carolina Supreme Court and won all three races for the state Court of Appeals in Tuesday’s midterm election. Liberal civil-rights attorney Anita Earls soundly defeated incumbent Republican Justice Barbara Jackson for the Supreme Court in a contest also including attorney Christoper Anglin.
The Republican-led General Assembly hoped placing six constitutional amendments on the 2018 ballot which had polled well with voters would drive turnout in the GOP’s favor. Instead, only four passed, while two which would have shifted more power to the legislative branch were defeated decisively. Amendments enshrining in the state…
Nationally, Democrats gained enough seats to take control of the House of Representatives. But they got little help in North Carolina, where Republicans maintained their 10-3 hold on the congressional delegation. In the most closely watched races, the Rev. Mark Harris held onto the 9th District…
Keep up with the latest results of national, state, and local elections by tuning in to the statewide North Carolina News Network tonight from 7 to 11 p.m. Broadcasting from flagship station News Radio 680 WPTF, Carolina Journal Radio co-hosts Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai will lead coverage all four…
So much for a blue moon. More than 2 million North Carolinians cast ballots during the early voting period, a 73-percent increase over the 2014 midterm election, based on a preliminary count by the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement. As of 3:30 Saturday, Nov. 3, elections boards…
A three-judge Superior Court panel agreed with the NAACP and other plaintiffs that the General Assembly violated the state constitution’s prohibition on changing legislative district boundaries in the middle of a decade. In a ruling in NAACP v. Lewis released Friday,…
The State Board of Education in a 7-5 vote agreed Thursday, Nov. 1, to delay for another month a decision on whether to approve the recommendation of Carver Heights Elementary to the Innovative School District. ISD Superintendent Latessa Allen and…
This story was updated noon Wednesday, Oct. 31. The University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors is expected to confirm Dr. William Roper, dean of UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health Care, as interim president of the UNC System, sources confirmed to…
