[Editor’s note: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation on August 10, 2021] After months of silence, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper finally spoke out about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, one day after the release of a shocking report pertaining to sexual harassment. According to the New York State Attorney General Letitia, Cuomo sexually...
Campaign finance documents released this week show that Democrat state Senate candidate JD Wooten was forced to pay $10,000 to Republicans in a lawsuit originally filed by Wooten himself. During his campaign for State Senate District 24 in 2020, Republican Amy Galey defeated Wooten 53-47 after Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance, didn’t seek re-election. The failed...
Editors note: This story will be updated as additional reports become available. Carolina Journal recently reported on the second quarter federal fundraising numbers for declared U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina. But the U.S. Senate race is just one of three big prizes up for grabs in North Carolina in 2022. The other is the...
Update: Key legislators confirm for Carolina Journal they completed a more than two-hour closed-door meeting with the North Carolina High School Athletics on Wednesday, July 18th, 2021. The legislators tell Carolina Journal the meeting went better than expected and they believe a deal will be reached over the next few weeks. At the same time,...
The N.C. Senate Finance Committee approved a bill Thursday morning that would dramatically alter high school sports governance in the state and end 110 years of control by the N.C. High School Athletics Association. The organization’s commissioner, Que Tucker, tells media that she believes the bill is the product of racism. House Bill 91 heads...
Legislation to dismantle the North Carolina High School Athletic Association passed the Senate Education Committee Wednesday by what appeared to be a unanimous voice vote. The post committee substitute for House Bill 91 proposes to end the private non-profit NCHSAA role in managing and regulating high school sports in the state and set up a...
Leaders and supports of the N.C. High School Athletic Association gave a passionate defense of the organization Tuesday night in the wake of proposed legislation that would remove the organization from oversight and management of high school sports in North Carolina. NCHSAA Commissioner Que Tucker told a media conference call that the proposed legislation is...
On Tuesday, the N.C. Senate Education Committee presented a bill that would effectively end the High School Athletic Association’s role in supervising high school athletics, a role the organization has held since 1913. The PCS for House Bill 91, Accountability and Fair Play in Athletics was presented for discussion and is the result of a...
Both former Governor Pat McCrory and Congressman Ted Budd can claim some positive momentum in their campaigns for U.S. Senate after 2nd quarter fundraising totals were posted Thursday, July 15. McCrory outperformed all his primary opponents in the North Carolina race, raising $1,237,000 from April through June of this year. The Budd for Senate campaign...
Triangle-based media outlets have been extensively reporting various issues surrounding Nikole Hannah-Jones declining to accept an offer of employment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Several media outlets are reporting on UNC-Chapel Hill black student leaders and organizations’ demands from campus administrators. On July 7, the News and Observer’s Kate Murphy reported:...
N.C. Appeals Court Judge Lucy Inman is aggressively campaigning for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Inman announced her intentions shortly after being defeated by fellow Court of Appeals Judge Phil Berger Jr. in 2020 for an open seat on the state’s highest court. Berger defeated Inman 51% to 49%, a margin of 71,517...
