The three-day tour will feature Trump campaign surrogates visiting locations from Alamance to Wayne counties. The campaign of former president Donald Trump announced a traveling bus tour in the critical battleground state of North Carolina, beginning Wednesday in Burlington, concluding with a Friday visit in Goldsboro. After kicking off in Burlington, the bus tour will...
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are blitzing northern union states this Labor Day, courting union voters who may be wavering in their support of the Democratic ticket. President Joe Biden joined the pair for an appearance in Pennsylvania Monday morning. It is his first since being replaced at...
North Carolina is one of three neutral sites proposed to host a debate between Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom this fall. DeSantis agreed Wednesday to take part in the debate.
North Carolina U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis has been working on fellow Republicans to support the Respect for Marriage Act, and found success Tuesday as it passed the chamber, 61-36. The U.S. House is expected to pass the bill by the end of the year. It will then go to President Biden's desk for signature. Opponents say it puts a target on religious organizations.
North Carolina senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr were among 12 Republican members of the Senate who voted Wednesday in support of the Respect for Marriage Act, which passed in the Senate 62-37. The act protects the rights of same-sex married couples while protecting religious freedom.
ate May that would restrict President Biden from forgiving student loan debt. The bill will not restrict pre-existing federal student loan forgiveness programs like Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan forgiveness.
Who is Doug Heyl? Members of a special legislative committee looking into the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would like to know. Heyl is a top communications official in the state Department of Environmental Quality. But what role did Heyl play in the pipeline permitting process? Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, flashed a PowerPoint presentation during a meeting...
Some First Amendment experts say a federal judge in Seattle erred in blocking a company from publishing blueprints for plastic guns, and N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is wrong for supporting the decision because it’s an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech. Stein posted on Twitter, and copied his post on the state Department of...
The 2016 presidential election campaign already has generated plenty of excitement. Veteran presidential campaign reporter John Gizzi expects more.
RALEIGH — The U.S. Supreme Court could face another round of critical cases as it returns to work this month. Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, recently traveled to Raleigh to discuss highlights from the last Supreme Court session. Shapiro shared his insights with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — As Republicans continue to portray DemocraticU.S. Sen. Kay Hagan as joined at the hip to an unpopular President Obama, and with congressional approval ratings cratering, the freshman senator’s best campaign strategy is to avoid national issues, political observers say. Some pundits consider Hagan among the most vulnerable Senate Democrats.
