Opinion
DG Martin was a class act
DG Martin passed away a few days ago, at the august but still-too-early age of 85. Time marches on — but not necessarily forward.
News
Bishop to be appointed US attorney for Middle District of NC
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy Director Dan Bishop will be taking on a new role as the US Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, which covers Durham, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.
News
Bishop confirmed as OMB deputy director, will oversee federal budgets
On Wednesday, the US Senate confirmed former Republican North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop as deputy White House budget director in the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Opinion
Pastor Mark Harris seriously considering running for Congress
With Congressman Dan Bishop’s (NC-8) announcement that he will retire from Congress to run for North Carolina attorney general, former congressional candidate Mark Harris, a Republican, tells Carolina Journal he is seriously considering making a third try for Congress in the same area, despite the controversial 2018 election that saw Harris’ victory overturned due to...
Opinion
Fair hearing never allowed for McCrae Dowless or the voters
In what could be described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in decades, Dowless was never given the opportunity to be judged by a jury of his peers for crimes he maintained he did not commit.
Opinion
Holder reminds us most gerrymandering complaints mask partisan goals
The Obama-era attorney general predicts he will sue Republican state lawmakers again this year.
Opinion
Questions justices could have asked about N.C. gerrymandering
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent oral arguments in North Carolina's congressional redistricting case omitted key points.
News
Harris loses attempt to have court certify 9th District race
Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Mark Harris took a big swing, and he missed. Tuesday, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway rejected Harris’ petition to force the State Board of Elections to certify him the winner of the hotly disputed 9th U.S. Congressional District election. In an order he read from the bench, Ridgeway questioned the...
Opinion
Party should explore policies that bring people to the polls
North Carolina now has its second voter identification law. A federal court voided the first because it would not consider forms of ID disproportionately used by minorities, such as cards or documents given to government employees, students, and people on public assistance. In this past November’s referendum, the state’s residents approved a voter ID amendment to...
News
GOP senators call for bipartisan probe of 9th District irregularities
Election irregularities have been an open secret in Bladen County for most of this decade. A group of Republican senators frustrated with lax enforcement, including law enforcement investigations that seem to be going nowhere, say cleaning up the mess is essential to restore public confidence in election integrity. To root out election abuses and fraud,...
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Wake County GOP calls for removal of elections board chief
The chairman of the Wake County Republican Party has filed a complaint with the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement alleging Chairman Andy Penry, a Democrat, has broken the law. The complaint demands Penry’s removal from office. The complaint comes not only as the board has refused to certify the Rev. Mark Harris,...
Opinion
Critical Year in NC Politics
As I shoved the head and shoulders of the short fan man out the sixth-floor window of the Sir Walter Hotel, my associate Jay Allen urged restraint.
