The N.C. House passed its district map proposal during evening sessions Tuesday, Nov. 2. The Senate is expected to vote on the N.C. House district map on Thursday. Redistricting maps do not go before Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, driving more pressure on the legislative process by opposition groups. The maps were drawn after more than...
Interest groups have already filed lawsuits to block approval of new redistricting maps for North Carolina. The maps are still in development with several legislative map proposals having been presented to the public in recent hearings. In a motion filed Friday, Oct. 29. the Southern Coalition for Justice is leading the lawsuit for the North...
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he’s more determined than ever to keep fighting for what he believes is right. Robinson, a Republican, spoke Friday, Oct. 29, during a “Stand Up for America” rally on Halifax Mall in downtown Raleigh. According to the website for the event, hosted by Return America from Wallburg in Davidson County,...
Parents in North Carolina report feeling increasingly concerned about the public schools’ efforts to usurp their parental authority on topics such as mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the teaching of controversial race and gender theories. The debate heated up over the summer as lawmakers in the General Assembly passed an anti-indoctrination bill — House Bill 324, Ensuring...
COVID-19 numbers are down across the board, yet the governor and health secretary continue to encourage people to wear masks and to follow a two-year-old emergency order. But one Wake County city appears to be using common sense as its guide. Cary, the seventh-largest city in the state, voted Thursday, Oct. 29, to rescind its...
At a time when North Carolina is ranked as one of the most expensive states for health care in the nation, many nonprofit hospitals are reaping huge profits while providing little in the way of charity care. That’s according to a report by the N.C. State Health Plan and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
Of the 25 active members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s Teacher Advisory Committee, only one is a registered Republican, a review of voter registration records by Carolina Journal shows. The ratios bring into question how adequately the advisory committee represents the diverse viewpoints of teachers from across North Carolina. Cooper, a Democrat, created the committee through...
The N.C. House Redistricting Committee submitted its proposed state district maps Friday, Oct. 22, after two months of public hearings and open meetings. They can be viewed on the legislative website along with the state Senate’s five draft maps for congressional districts, with one proposed map drawn of their own districts. The much-anticipated district map...
A Wake County principal has denied a mask exemption request for a kindergartener with disabilities, according to a recorded phone call released by the anonymous parent. The child involved in the case had an exemption from a doctor for a face mask due to a sensory processing disorder. Wearing a mask causes the student anxiety...
The N.C. House in a concurrence vote passed House Bill 264, Emergency Powers Accountability Act, 66-44, on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Specifically, the legislation requires the governor to get concurrence from the Council of State for an emergency declaration lasting more than seven days. The bill heads to Gov. Roy Cooper, who, as of late September,...
The N.C. State Fair, after a year off because of COVID, is back, and it’s spectacular. Glorious weather and, from my point of view, an almost perfect event. State Agriculture Commission Steve Troxler, fair Manager G. Kent Yelverton, and their staffs deserve tons of credit. Troxler, in canceling the fair last year, showed the type...
