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Buc-ee’s will open first NC location in Mebane

After a marathon meeting that ran into the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, the Mebane city council voted unanimously to approve rezoning and a special use permit for the popular travel center Buc-ee’s. The new location will be at 1425 Trollingwood-Hawfields Road. It will boast a 75,000 square-foot size with 120 gas pumps...

David N. Bass
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Folwell warns that state’s pension plan could be in jeopardy

A new law allowing University of North Carolina (UNC Health) and East Carolina University (ECU) health systems to create their own retirement plan separate from the state pension plan, in addition to other proposed changes, could possibly lead to its demise.

Theresa Opeka
News

Plaintiffs, state government lawyers reject legislators’ Leandro arguments

Five local school systems and lawyers representing state government’s executive branch reject legal arguments from North Carolina’s legislative leaders in a 30-year-old court battle over education funding. Four court filings Wednesday at the state Supreme Court took aim at state lawmakers’ arguments in the case commonly referred to as Leandro.

CJ Staff
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Federal judge questions Senate map election challenge in injunction hearing

A federal judge spent nearly two hours Wednesday raising questions about a legal challenge against North Carolina’s new state Senate map. US District Judge James Dever will decide in the days ahead whether to grant an injunction that blocks at least part of the map from taking effect.

CJ Staff

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Elections

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Trump nominates Bishop to be deputy director for budget at OMB

"Dan has been a tireless fighter for our MAGA Movement in the House of Representatives on the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees," Trump said in a press release issued Tuesday night. "Dan will implement my cost-cutting and deregulatory agenda across all Agencies, and root out the Weaponized Deep State."

Theresa Opeka
News

Democrats want federal court to address GOP challenge of 60,000 NC ballots

The North Carolina Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday to ensure challenges of 60,000 ballots in the state's latest election are addressed in federal court. Republicans filed the challenges with the State Board of Elections. The challenges could affect the outcome of the state Supreme Court race between Democrat Allison Riggs and Jefferson Griffin, along with a handful of state legislative contests.

CJ Staff
News

Griffin asks Appeals Court to order decision on election protests by Tuesday

Republican North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin is turning to North Carolina’s second-highest court for an order that would force state election officials to make a final decision about Griffin’s election protests Tuesday. The State Board of Elections had planned to hear oral arguments about the protests the following day, according to a document Griffin filed Friday with the state Court of Appeals.

CJ Staff

Videos

Video

The Debrief: Remaining Covid Lawsuits + Sam Hayes Interview

This week on The Debrief, Mitch Kokai and Donna King discuss the remaining covid lawsuits and other court cases in North Carolina. Plus, North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes sat down with Carolina Journal’s Theresa Opeka to talk about his first year in office, including his accomplishments and what’s on the...

Culture

Civil Society

Opinion

For healthy civil society, politics needs to stay in its lane

Political and cultural causes are important. They motivate us to make the world around us better and hone our sense of justice. Also, the excitement of fighting the good fight can be, for lack of a better word, fun. But everything has its time and place. And even if we think a particular political issue...

David Larson
Opinion

Flashback: North Carolina’s Easter Monday tradition forged on the baseball diamond

On Good Friday state offices will be closed in North Carolina for Holy Week, along with 10 other states. However, that has not always been the case in North Carolina. The Monday after Easter — rather than Good Friday — was a legal holiday in North Carolina for 52 years, and for many years before...

Dallas Woodhouse