Local elections boards using private donations in the administration of their elections is getting the attention of lawmakers, as some question the fairness and impartiality of the process. During the 2020 presidential election, the term “Zuck Bucks” came to the forefront, after Marc Zuckerberg and his wife donated more than $350 million to the Center...
The coronavirus pandemic has kept North Carolina’s gyms and fitness centers closed, even as the state enters Phase One of reopening the economy. Meanwhile, gyms in neighboring states can open with safety precautions. Gov. Roy Cooper in a news conference Friday reiterated the importance of social distancing and wearing face masks as he eases a...
• Endorsement time! State Treasurer Janet Cowell, a Democrat who’s chosen not to seek a third term, is backing former Wake County Democratic Party head Dan Blue III in her party’s primary. Blue also has the support of the North Carolina Association of Educators and the Service Employees International Union. Democratic rival Ron Elmer has...
RALEIGH — Under the present schedule, North Carolina’s primary is May 8, and a runoff election, if needed, is June 26. But a motion filed by Democrats and civil rights groups calls for the primary and runoff to be deferred two months. The first primary would be held July 10, and a runoff Aug. 28.
RALEIGH — The story marked the first time Toby Faircloth, a former resident of Tabor City who is now 49, identified himself publicly as a former Soles victim. Faircloth did not want his name used in an interview he gave to Carolina Journal in October 2009 about the alleged abuse.
RALEIGH — The penalty for “knowingly” providing a false statement on a voter registration form is a felony. But critics say the process for checking citizenship status is lax, so anyone with phony documents and no qualms about choosing untruthfully the “yes” box under “Are you a U.S. citizen?” has a good chance of beating the system.
RALEIGH — The week of Oct. 19, Carolina Journal interviewed a 47-year-old man who claimed that when he was 13 years old, state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., a Democrat from Tabor City, lured him to the senator's home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him. We are publishing the videotaped interview CJ conducted with the man, who wanted to be called Jay, and an interview with Dr. Michael Plaut, a Wilmington-area psychologist.
RALEIGH — A 47-year-old North Carolina man says that when he was 13 years old State Sen. R. C. Soles Jr. of Tabor City lured him to his secluded lakeside home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him.
RALEIGH — A dispute over what a University of North Carolina at Wilmington professor said at a forum about the war in Iraq has led to a suit threatened against the student newspaper and also a student accused of libel. A student who attended the university-sponsored forum wrote a letter about it in the campus newspaper, criticizing the demeanor and comments of one of the faculty participants. After a lawsuit was threatened, the newspaper's student editor pulled the letter and another one about the event from the newspaper's website.
A dispute over what a University of North Carolina at Wilmington professor said at a Sept. 23 forum has led to a suit threatened against the student newspaper and also a student accused of libel.
