So far are the suggestions of Montesquieu from standing in opposition to a general Union of the States, that he explicitly treats of a CONFEDERATE REPUBLIC as the expedient for extending the sphere of popular government, and reconciling the advantages of monarchy with those of republicanism.
The research triangle will host FISU World University Games during the summer of 2029.
Money is being allocated through a reserve fund to fund the 2029 World University Games set to take place in North Carolina.
A Cherokee County woman who has become an advocate for fairness in women’s sports is condemning the 2024 Paris Olympics for allowing biological men to compete in women’s boxing.
A short film just released to the public depicts a particularly dark part of North Carolina’s extraordinary history. In 1898, the only successful coup d’état in American history took place in the Tar Heel state.
With an ever-expanding federal government, the U.S. has fallen out of the top five countries for economic freedom, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. America now ranks as No. 6, behind Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Georgia. The U.S. ranked particularly poorly in its size of government and freedom to...
North Carolina will have to ramp up its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic before thinking about restarting its economy, a roadmap by Scott Gottlieb warns. Gottlieb, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner under President Trump. Gottlieb suggests a longer wait before Americans get back to work...
Retired health care workers will be able to regain licensure more quickly as North Carolina prepares for a potential outbreak of the coronavirus. The N.C. Medical Board expedited the process for retirees who want temporary emergency licenses. The board adopted the emergency rule Wednesday, March 11, and the N.C. Rules Review Commission approved it the...
The fight against coronavirus will be a long haul, Gov. Roy Cooper and health officials said after declaring a state of emergency Tuesday, March 10. Five new cases of the novel virus were identified Monday in Wake County. All were linked to a Boston conference last month, raising the state’s total count to seven presumptive...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: County resolutions: A number of N.C. counties want the budget stalemate to end. The commissioners of Avery, Sampson, Union, and Gaston counties have all passed resolutions calling...
Advocates of North Carolina’s new “Right to Try” law — and similar ones in other states — are raising awareness of the law, which allows terminally ill patients who have exhausted other procedures the opportunity to try new drugs that gone through part but not all of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process. “North...
