David N. Bass

Contributor, Carolina Journal

Bass is a journalist and communications professional with nearly two decades of experience in the world of PR, marketing, and publications.

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Budd tops Beasley in new poll of U.S. Senate race

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Budd is polling slightly ahead of Democratic candidate Cheri Beasley, according to a new Civitas poll of general election voters. Budd, now serving as a congressman from the state’s 13th Congressional District, polled at 44%. That number just edges out the 42% support for Beasley, a former chief justice of...

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Sparks fly as N.C. Senate Education Committee OK’s Parents’ Bill of Rights

The North Carolina Senate Education Committee passed a measure May 25 that would enshrine a Parents’ Bill of Rights into state law. The discussion became heated at times as Republicans and Democrats clashed over specific provisions in the bill, including those that would expand academic transparency and prohibit curriculum focused on gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade classrooms.

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N.C. Parent’s Bill of Rights heads to first committee hearing

A "Parent's Bill of Rights" will get its first discussion in committee Wednesday morning in the N.C. Senate. It established a parent's right to request information about what their child is learning in school and other details about how their child and their school are operating. Parents must also be told if their child requests a name or pronoun change, and any other information on their child's physical and mental health. Schools would not be allowed to make gender identity and sexual orientation part of the curriculum before fourth grade, but it would not ban incidental discussion.

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Voters pick Allen, Stroud, Stading to represent GOP in Nov judicial elections

Republican primary voters picked Trey Allen, Donna Stroud, and Michael Stading to represent the party on the November ballot in three key appellate court races — one to the N.C. Supreme Court and the other two for the N.C. Court of Appeals. The headliner matchup was a three-way contest between Trey Allen, Victoria Prince, and...

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